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GENERAL ORDERS 



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MAJOR-GENERAL B. F. BUTLER. 



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1862. 



PROCLAMATION. 

HSADQUAaTERS DKPAHTMENT OP THE GULF, ^ 
NtvhOrleaus, Majf 1, 1862. ) 

The City of New-Orleana and its environs, with all its interior and exterior 
defenses, having been surrendered to the combined naval and land forces of the 
United States, and having been evacuated by the rebel forces in whose possession 
they lately were, and being now in occupation of the forces of the United States, 
who have come to restore order, maintain public tranquility, enforce peace and 
quiet under the Laws and Constitution of the United States, the Major-General 
commanding the forces of the United States in the Department of the Gulf, hereby 
makes known and proclaims the object and purooses of the Government of the United 
States in thus taking possession of the City of New-Orleans and the State of Louis- 
iana, and the rules and regulations by which the laws of the United States will be 
for the present and during a state of war enforced and maintained, for the plain 
guidance of all good citizens of the United States, as well as others who may here- 
tofore have been in rebellion against their authority. 

Thrice before has the City of New-Orleans been rescued from the hand of a foreign 
government, and still more calamitous domestic insurrection, by the money and 
arms of the United States. It has of late been under the military control of the 
rebel forces, claiming to be the peculiar friends of its citizens, and at each time, in 
the judgment of the Commander of the military forces holding it, it has been found 
necesaary to preserve order and maintain quiet by the administration of Law Martial. 
Even during the interim from its evacuation by the rebel soldiers and its actual pos- 
session by the soldiers of the United States, the civil authorities of the city have found 
it necessary to call for the intervention of an armed body known as the " Eoropeau 
Legion," to preserve public tranquility. The Commanding General, therefore, will 
cause the city to be governed until the restoration of Municipal Authority, and his 
further orders, by the Law Martial, » measure for which it would seem the previouf^ 
recital furnishes sufficient precedent*. 

All persons in arms against the United States are required to surrender themselves, 
with their arms, equipments and munitions of war. The body known as the " Euro- 
pean Legion," not being understood to be in arms against the United States, but 
organized to protect the lives and property of the citizens, are invited still to co-operate 
with the forces of tiie United States to that end, and, so acting, will not be included 
in the terms of this order, but will report to these Headquarters. 

All flags, ensigns and devices, tending t« uphold any authority whatever, save 
the flag of the United States and the flags of foreign Consulates, must not be ex- 
hibited, but suppressed. The American Ensign, the emblem of the United States, 
must be treated with the utmost deference ana respect by all persons, under pain of 
severe punishment. 

All persons well disposed towards the Grovemment of the United State*, who shall 
renew their oath or allegiance, will receive the safeguard and protection, in their per- 
sons and property, of the armies of the United States, the violation of which, by 
any person, is punishable with death. 

All persons still holding allegiance to the Confederate States will be deemed rebels 
against the Government of the Unit^ StatfiS, and regarded «nd treated as enemies 
thereof. 

All foreigners not naturalized and claiming allegiance to their respective Govern- 
ments, and not having made oath of allegiance to the supposed Government of the 
Confederate States, will be protected in their persons and property as heretofore under 
the laws of the United States. 

All persons who may heretofore have given their adherence to the suppostd 
Government of the Confederate States, or have been in their service, who shall lay 
down and deliver up their arms and return to peaceful occupations and preserve quiet 
and order, holding no further correspondence nor giving aid and comfort to the 
«nemies of the United States, will not be disturbed either in person or property, except 
po far, under the orders of the Commanding General, as the exigencies of the public 
service may render neces-sary. 

The keepers of all public property, whether 6t»t«, National w Confederatie, such Jts 



collections of art, libraries, museums, as well as all public buUdings, aU munitions 
of war, and armed vessels, will at once make full returns thereof to these Headquar- 
ters ; all manufacturers of arms and munitions of war, will report to these Head- 
quarters their kind and places of business. 

All rights of property, of whatever kind, ]^-ill-jbe,h/e\d inviolate, subject only to 
the laws of the United States. 

All inhabitants are enjoined to pursue tlieir usual avocations ; all shops and places 
of business are to be kept open, in the accustomed manner, and services to be had in 
the churches and religious honscs'as in times of profound peace. 

Keepers of all public houses, coffee houses and drinking saloons, aro to report 
their names and numbers to the office of the Provost Marshal ; will there receive 
license, and be held responsible for all disorders and distiirbances of the peace arising 
in their respective places 

A sufficient force will be kept in the city to preserve order and maintain the laws. 

The killing of an American soldier by any disorderly person or mob, is simply 
assassination and murder, and not ^var, and will be so regarded and punished. 

The owner of any house or building in or from which such mm'der shall be com- 
mitted, will be held responsible therefor, and the house will be liable to be destroyed 
by the military authority. 

All disorders and di.sturbances of the peace done by combinations and numbers, 
and crimes of an aggravated nature, interfering with forces or laws of the United 
States, will be referred to a military court for trial and punishment ; other misdemea- 
nors will be subject to the municipal authority, if it chooses to act. Civil causes 
between party and party will be referred to the ordinary tribunals. The levy and 
collection of all taxes, save those imposed by the la^vs of the United States, are 
suppressed, except those for keeping in repair and lighting the streets, and for sanitary 
purposes. Those are to be collected in the usual manner. . " 

The circulation of Confederate bonds, evidences of debt, except notes in the simil- 
rude of bank notes issued by the Confederate States, or scrip, or any trade, in the 
same, is strictly forbidden. It having been represented to the Commanding General 
by the city authorities that these Confederate notes, in the form of bank notes, are, in a 
great measure, the only substitute for money which the people have been allowed to 
have, and that great distress would ensue among the poorer classes if the circulation 
of such notes were suppressed, such circulation will be permitted so long as any one 
may be inconsiderate enough to receive them, till further orders. 

No publication, either by newspaper, pamphlet or handbill, giving accounts of the 
movements of soldiers of the United States within this Department, reflecting in any 
way upon the United States or its officers, or tending in any way to influence the public 
mind against the Government of the United States, will bo permitted ; and all article** 
of war news, or editorial conunents, or correspondence, making comments upon the 
movements of the armies of the United States, or the rebels, must be submitted 
to the examination of an officer who will bo detailed for that purpose from these 
Headquarters. 

The transmission of all communications by telegraph wiU 1)6 under the charge of 
an officer from these Headquarters. 

The aiinies of the Uniti^d States cxane here not to destroy but to make good, to 
restore order out of chaos, and the government of laws in place of the passions of 
men, to this end, therefore, the efforts of all w-ell-disposed persons are invited to havf 
(Very speciCB of disorder quelled, and if any soldier of the tfnited States should so far 
forget his duty or his flag as to commit any outrage upon any person or property, 
the Commanding General requests that his name be "instantly reported to the Provost 
Gnard, so that he may be punished and his wrongful act redressed. 

The municipal authority, so far as the police of the city and crimes are concerned, to 
the extent bi-fore indicated, is hereby suspended. 

All assemblages of persons in the streets, eithei by day or by night, tend to disorder, 
and are forbidden. - ■ f 

The variotis companies composing tlie Fire Department in New-Orleans, will bo 
permitted to retain their organization, and are to re])ort to -the office ftf the Provost 
Marshal, so that they may he known and not interfered with in their duties. 

And, finally, it may be sufficient to add, witliout further enumeration, that all the 
requirements of martial law will be impo.sed so lonjr as, in the judgment of the United 
States authorities, it may be necessary. And while it is the d<'sire of these authorities 
to exercise this government mildly, and atler thHu.sagcsof the past, it must not be 
supposed that it will not be vigorously and firmly administei'ed as occasion calls. 

By command of ' .MAJOK-GENERAL BUTLEE. 

Geo. C. Strokg, A. A. G.. Chief of Staff. 



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(Jeueiul Order ( HEADQiiAKTERS Departimlent of the Gulf. } 

No. 15. i New-Orleans, May 1, 1862. i 

I. • In auticipation of the immediate disembarcation of tbo troops of this commaud 
amid the temptations and inducements of a large city, all plundering of public ov 
private property, by any person or persons, is hereby forbidden, under tho severest 
penalties. 

II. No officer or soldier will absent himself from his station without arms or alone, 
under any pretext whatever. 

III. The commanders of regiments and companies will be held responsible for the 
strict execution of these orders, and that tlie offenders are brought to punishment. 

By command of MAJOR-GENEKAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C, Strong, A. A. Gen. 



Oeneral Order } Headquarters Department of the Gulf. I 

■ No. 16. j, New- Or leans, May 2, 1S62. S 

I. Major J. M. Boll, Volunteer Aid-de-Camp of the Division Staff, is hereby ap- 
pointed Provost Judge of the city of New-Orleans, and will be obeyed and respected 
accordingly. 

II. Capt. J. H. French, Aid-de-Camp and Acting Inspector General, is hereby ap- 
pointed Provost Marshal of the city of New-Orleans; and Capt. Staflord, Volunteer 
Aid-de-Camp, Deputy Provost Marshal. They will be obeyed and respected accord- 
ingly. 

^ •• By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Gep* G, Strong, A. A. Geu. 



(ieneral Order > Headquarters Depaktmknt of the Gulf, ^ 

No. 17. S New Orleans, May 2, 1862. <> 

The proprietors of the New Orleans True Delta having refused to print the 
Proclamation of tho Major-General commanding tliis Department, the publication of 
that paper is susncnded until further orders. 

By command of MA.JOR-OENERAL BUTLER. 

„Geo. C. Strong, A. A. fiKx. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gulf, } 

No. 18. 5 New Orleans, May 3, 1862. i 

General Order No. 17, current series, from these Headquarters, suppressing the 
publication of the True Delta newspaper, is hereby revoked, and its publication, under 
tlie limitations expressed in the Proclamation of the 1st inst., is permitted. 

The Commanding General, having demonstrated the ability of his officers and sol- 
diers to do everything necessary for tlie success of his plans without aid from any 
citizen of New Orleans, aad shown the uselessness of aiudess and unavailing opposi- 
tion by the people, desires to iut<,'rfen; no further with that press. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

(.'eo. C. Sthoxg, A. A. <;kx. 



General Order } HEADQUARTERS Department of the Gulf, i 

No. 19. ^ New Orleans, May 3, 1862. i 

The Commanding General of this Department has been informed that there is tiow 
at Mobile a stock of flour purchased by the city of New Orleans for the subsistence of 
its Citizens. Tho suffering condition of the poor of this city, for the want of this flour, 
appeals to tho humanity of those having authority on either side. 

For the purpose of the safe transmis-'^ion of this flour to this city, the Commanding 
General orders and directs that a safe conduct be afforded to a steamboat to be laden 
with the same, to this place. This safe conduct shall extend to the entire protection 
of this boat in coming, reasonable delay for discharge, and return to Mobile. Tlie 
boat will take no passengers save the owners and keepers of the flour, and will be 
subject to the strict inspection of the Harbor-master detailed from these H©adqnart<»r{<, 
to whom it3'«iaster will report its arrival. ' . 



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The faith of the city is pledged for the faithful performauce of the lequiiementa of 
this order, ou the pan of the agent of the city authorities, who will be allowed to pass 
each way with the boat, g'ving no intelligence or aid to Confederates. 

' B7 con-mati J of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Gko. C. Strokg, a. a. Gen. 

General Order ) Headquarters Department of thk Gulf, 

No. 20. S New OrUans, May 3. 1862. 

The President, Directors and Company of the Opelousaa Railroad are authorized 
and required to run their cars over the road, for the purpose of bringing to the city of 
New Orleans, provisions, marketing and supplies of food which may be offered, in 
order to supply the wants of the city. 

No passengers other then those having the care ot such supplies, as owners or 
keepers, are to be permitted to come into the city, and none otners are to leave the 
city. All other supplies are prohibited transportation over the road either way, except 
cotton and sugar, which may be safely brought over the road, and will be purchased 
at the fair market value by the United States, in specie. The transmission of live 
stock is especially enjoined. Au agent of the City Government will be allowed to 
pass over the road either way, stopping at all points, on the faith of i pledge of such 
Government agent that he transmits no intelligence and affords no aid to the Cou- 
fedeiates. 

The oflBcer commanding the post having the terminus of such road within his 
pickets, will cause a thorough inspection of the cars and boats for the purpose of fur- 
thering this order, and will offer no further hindrance, so long as this order is in good 
faith complied with. 

Bf command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 

General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, \ 

No. 21. S New-Orleans, May 4, 1862. J 

The Commanding General of the Department of the Gulf has been informed that 
live stock, flour and provisions, purchased for subsistence of the inhabitants of the 
city of New-Orleans, are now at the junction of the Red and Mississippi Rivers. 
The suffering condition of the poor of the city, for want of these supplies, appeals 
to the humanity of those having authority on either side. For the purpose, tliere- 
fore, of the safe transmission of these supjjlies to the city, the Commanding General 
orders and directs that a safe conduct be afforded for two steamers, to be laden with 
provisions, cattle and supplies of food, either alive or slaughtered, each day, if so 
many choose to come. 

This safe conduct shall extend to their entire protection by the forces of the 
United States during their coming, reasonable delay for discharge, not exceeding 
six days, unless in case of accident to their machinery, and in returning to or near 
the junction of the Red and Mississippi Rivers. 

And safe conduct is further granted to boats laden as beJoresaid with provisions 
for New-Orleans, from any point above the junction of such rivers, if at any time 
during which these supplies are needed the forces of the United States should be 
At or above said junction. 

The boats will take no passengers save the owners and keepers of the fieight 
aforesaid, and will be subject to strict inspection by the Harbor Master detailed 
from these Headquarters, to whom they will report their arrival. 

The faith of the city is pledged for the faithful execution of the requirements of 
this order ou the part of the agent of the city authorities, who will be allowed to 
pass with the boats either way, he giving no intelligence or aid to the Confederates, 
By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G., Chief of Staff. 

General Order \ Headquarters Department of thb Gulf. \ 

No. 22. 5 Neic-Orleans, May 4, 1862. S 

The Commanding General of the Department, having been informed that rebelli- 
ous, lying and desperate men have represented, and are now representing, to the 
honest planters and good people of the State of Louisiana, that tne United States 
Government, by its force*, have come here to confiscate and destroy their crops of 



cotton and sumr, It is hereby ordered to be made kuowa, by publication in all the 
newspapers of this city, that ftll cargoes of cotton and angta shall receive the safe 
conduct of the forces of the United States ; and the boats bringing them from beyond 
the lines of the United States forces, may be allowed to return in safety, after a 
reasonable delay, if their o^vners so desire : Provided, they bring no passengers ex- 
cept the owners and managers of said boat and of the property so conveyed, and no 
other merchandise except provisions, of which such boats are requested to bring a 
full supply, for the benefit of the poor of this city. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Gbo. C. Stbono, a. a. Gen. 



General Order ) Hbawiuartbrs Departmebt OP the Gulf, \ 

No. 23. > Nete-Orhana, May 6, 1862. S 

A Military Commission, of not less than five commissioned officers of and above 
the rank of Captain, with a Recorder and legal advisers, is constituted and appointed 
for the trial of all high crimes and misdemeanors, which by the laws of any State in 
the Union, or the Uuitod States, or the laws Martial, are punishable with death or 
imprisonment for a long term of years. 

The sentence of such Court wUl bo assimilated to those provided by such laws, 
due regard being had to the necessity of severity and for prompt punishment, inci- 
dent to the crimes and disorders arising from a state of war. 

The Commission will sit at all convenient hours for the dispatch of business, — will 
be attended by the Provost Marshal or his assistants, — all its orders respected and 
obeyed, and its summonses complied with. 

Aj» the motives of men make so largely the element of the crimes cognizable by 
this Commission, the rules of Evidence of the English Common Law may be so far 
relaxed as to allow the accused to be questioned in the presence of the Commission, 
always leaving it to his free choice to respond or not to the questions proposed. 

The accusation will be substantially in the form used in Courts Martial, excepting 
that it should fully set forth a description of the accused, with his residence and Dusi- 
ness, — whether or not he has been a loyal citizen, his antecedents, character and 
acts in that regard, so far as known, which portion of the accusation may be put in 
controversy at the trials, provided the accused be not a soldier of the United States. 

All proceedings, findings and sentences of this Commission are to be subjected to 
the approval of the Commanding General, and will be carried into effect upon hi.* 
Older. 

The following named officers are detailed for and will constitute such Commisaion c 

1. Col. Henry C. Doming, 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. 

2. Col. N. A. M.Dudley, 30th " Massachusetts 

3. Lt. Col.C. M.Whelden,3l8t 

4. Maj. F. A. Boardman, 4th " Wisconsin " 

5. Capt. Peter Haggerty, Aid-de-Camp. 

Major J. M. Bell, Volunteer Aid-de-Camp, Kecorder and Legal Adviser. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Gbo. C. Stroko, Acting Chief of Staff, 

General Order ) Heajkicauters Departmekt op the GuLr, 

No. 24. S ^'^ Orleams, Mag 10, 1862. 

Acting Brig. (3en. George F. Shepley, Colonel 12th Maine Volunteers, ii hereby 
appointed Military Commandant of New Orleans. 

All officers on duly in this city or in Algiers, except officers of the Division Staff, 
wUl report to him. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Stroso, A. A. Gen. 

General Order i Headquarters Department of the Gulp, ) 

No. 25. I New Orltnt, May 9, 1863 S 

The deplorable stale of destitution and hunger of the mechanics and working classes 
of this city has been brought to the knowledge of the Commanding General. 

He has yielded to every suggestion made by the City Government, and ordered every 
■lethod of famiflhing food to the people of New Orleans that Government desired. No 



relief by those oliiciala has yet beeu afl'orded. This hunger doeti not piauh the wealtby 
and influential, the leaders of the rebellion, who have gotten up this war, and are novr , 
eudeavorinsr to prosecute it, without regard to the starving poor — the working man. 
his wife and child. Unmludful of their suffering fellow citizens at home, they have 
caused or suffered provisions to be carried out of the city for Confederate service siui-f 
tbe occupation by me United States forces. 

Lafayette Square, their homo of affluence, was m^de the depot of stores and muni- 
tions of war for the rebel armies, and not of provisions for their poor neighbors. 
Striking hands with the vile, the gambler, the idler and the ruffian — they have de- 
stroyed the Sugar and Cotton which might hare been exchanged for food for the in- 
dustrious and good, and regrated the price of that which. Is left, by discrediting tht- 
very currency they had furnished, while they eloped with the specie ; as well that 
stolen from the United States, as tlie Banks, the property of the good people of New 
Orleans, thus leaving them to ruin and starvation. 

Fugitives from justice many of them, and others, their associates, staying becau.'w 
too puerile and insignificant to be objects of punishment by the clement Govenimejjt 
of tne United States : ^^^ 

They have betrayed their country : r. 

They have been false to every trust : 

They have shown themselves incapable of defending the State they had seized upon, 
although they have forced every poor man's child into their service as soldiers for th^t 
purpose, while they made their sons and nephews officers ; .. ■.■ 

They cannot protect those whom they have ruined, but have left them to the niercifes 
and assassinations of a chronic mob : 

They will not feed those whom they are starving : 

Mostly without property themselves, they have plundered, stolon and destroyed the 
means of those who had property, leaving children penniless and old age hopeless. 

Men of Louisiana, Workingmen, Property-holders, Merchants and Citizens of the 
United States, of whatever nation you may have had birth, how long will you uphold 
these flagrant v\Tongs, and by inaction suffer yourselves to be made the serfs of uiesc 
leaders ? 

The United States have sent land and naval forces here to fight and subdue rebel- 
lious armies in array against her authority. We find, substantially, only fugitive 
masses, runaway property burners, a whiskey-drinking mob, and starving citizens 
with their wives and children. It is our duty to call back the first, to punish thr> 
second, root out the third, feed and protect the last 

Ready only for war, we had not prepared ourselves to feed the hungry and relieve 
the distressed with provisions. But to the extent possible, within the power of the 
Commanding General, it shall be done. 

He has captured a quantity of Beef and Sugar intended for the rebels in the field. 
A thousand barrels of those stores will be distributed among the deserving poor of thi.s 
city, from whom the rebels had plundered it ; even although some of the food -will go 
to supply tthe craving wants of the wives and children of those now herding at 
" Camp Moore" and elsewhere in arms against the United States. 

Capt. Jolm Clark, Acting Chief Commissary of Subsistence, will be charged with 
the execution of this order, and will give public notice of the place and manner of 
distribution, which will be ananged, as far as possible, so that the unworthy and dis- 
solute will not share its benefits. 

Bycommand of MA.TOR-GENERAIi BUTLER. 

yGEO. C. Strokg, a. a. Gen. 
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General Order \ Headquarters Department of tue Gulf, i 

No. 27. 5 Ncw-Orlcans, May 13, 1862. i 

It having come to the knowledge of the Commanding General that Friday next i.« 
proposed to be observed as a day of Fasting and Prayer, in obedience to some sup- 
posed Proclamation of one Jefferson Davis, in the several cliurclies of this city, it is 
ordered that no such observanoe be had. 

" Churches and Religions Houses are to he kept open as in time of profound peace,'" 
but no religious exercises are to bo had upon the supposed authority above mentioned. 
By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strokg, A. A. Gen. 



Tke, (Joneral Order \ iTEADQUARTiiK^DEPARTMENT OF the Gui.f. X 

sift. , <*«- No. 28. 5 iVew-Orleans, May 15, 1H62. ^ 

ffj-T A. ^w ^g J jjp officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated in- 
■'t/'f •'^ults from the women (callinj^ themselves ladies) of New-Orleans, in return for the 
A^^^^^^^iiost scrupulous nou-interfereuce and courtesy ou our part, it is is ordered that here- 
' ^^^^after when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt 
for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and he^ci liable 
to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. 

By command of ' MAJOE-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen., Chief of Staff. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ) 

No. '29. 5 Neto-Orleans, May 16, 1862. ^ 

I. It is hereby ordered, that neither the city of New-Orleans, nor the Banks 
thereof, exchange their notes, bills or obligations for. Confederate Notes, bills or 
bonds, nor issue any bill, note or obligation payable in Confederate Notes. 

II. Ou the 27th day of May instant, all circulation of, or trade in, Confederate 
Notes and Bills will cease within this Department ; and all sales or transfers of prop- 
erty made on or after that day, in consideration of such notes or bills, directly or in- 
directly, will be void, and the property confiscated to the United States, one-fourth 
thereof to go to the informer. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G., Chief of Staff. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 30. S Nstc-Orleans, May 19, 1862. 

It is represented to the Commanding General that great distress, privation, suffering, 
Imnger and even starvation has been brought upon the people of New-Orleans and 
vicinage by the course taken by th;; banks and dealers in cunency. 

He has been urged to take measures to provide, as far as may be, for the relief ot 
the citizens, so that the loss may fall, in part at least, on those who have caused and 
ought to bear it. 

The General sees with regret that the banks and bankers causelessly suspended 
specie payments in SepteQiber last, in contravention of the laws of the State and of 
the United States. Having done so, th«y introduced Confederate Notes as currency, 
which they bought at a discount, in place of their own bills, receiving them on 
deposit, paying them out for their discounts, and collecting their customers' notes and 
drafts as theqi in money, sometimes even against their will, thus giving tliese notes 
credit and a wide general circulation, so that they were substituted in the liands ot 
the middling men, the poor and unwary, as ciuTency in place of that provided by the 
constitution and laws of the country, or of any valuable equivalent. 

The banks and bankers now endenvor to take advantage of the r(>establislunent of 
the aulhoriiy of the United Stated here, to throw the depreciation and loss fron; tliis 
worthl(s.3 stuff of their owir creation and fostering Jipon their creditors, depositors 
and bill-holders. ' ' '/ . '. '"' ' ' ' 

They refuse to receive these bills while they pay them over 'their counter:. 

They require their depositors to take them. 

They change the obligation of contracts by. stamping their bills, "Redeemable in 
Confederate Notes." 

They have invested the savings of labor and the pittance of the widow in this 
paper. 

They sent away or bid their specie, so that the people could have nothing but tliese 
notes — which tliey now de'preciate — with wliich to buy Ijread. 

All other property has become nearly valueless from the calamities of this iniquitous 
and unju.st war begun by rebellious guns, turned on the flag of our prosperous and 
happy country floating over Fort Sumter. Saved from the general ruin by the sys- 
tem of financiering, bank stocks alone are no^v selling at great premiums in the 
market, while the stockholders have received large dividends. 

To equalize, as far as may be, this general loss, to have it fall, at least in part, 
where it ought to lie, to enable the people of this city and vicinage to have a currency 



"whicn snail ai le^t be a Steifiblance fb^Rat •whicK^fie wisdom-df tb&Jpousfitutiou pro- 
vides for all citizens of the United States, it is therefore 

ORDERED : 

I. That the several incorporated banks pay out no more Confederate Notes to their 
depositors or creditors, but that all deposits be paid in the bills of the bank, United 
States Treasury Notes, gold or silver. 

II. That all private bankers, receiving deposits, pay out to their depositors only 
the current bills of city banks, or United States Treasury Notes, gold or silver. 

III. That the Savings' Banks pay to their depositors or creditors only gold, silver 
or United States Treasury Notes, ciurent bills of city banks, or their own bills, to 
an amount not exceeding one-third of their deposits, and of denomination not less 
than one dollar, which they are authorized to issue, and for the redemption of which 
their assets shall be held liable. 

IV. The incorporated banks are authorized to issue bills of a less denomination 
than five dollars, but not less than one dollar, anything in their charters to the con- 
trary notwithstanding, and are authorized to receive Confederate Notes for any of 
their bills until the 27tb day of May inst. . 

V. That all persons and firms having issued small notes, or " shinplasters," so 
called, arc required to redeem them on presentation at their places of business, between 
the hours of 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., either in gold, silver. United States Treasury Notes 
or cun-ent bills of city banks, under penalty of confiscation of their propei-ty and 
sale thereof, for the pui-pose of redemption of the notes so issued, or imprisonment 
for a term of hard labor. 

VI. Private bankers may issue notes of denominations not less than one nor more 
than ten dollars, to two-thirds of the amount of specie which they show to a commis- 
sioner appointed from these Headquarters, in their vaults, and actually kept there 
for the purpose of redemption of such notes. 

By order of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. a. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf. ) 

No. 31. S New-Orleans, May 22, 1862. 5 

I. Col. J. W. Shaflfer, Quartermaster and Aid-de-Camp, having reported for duty 
at these Headquarters, in accordance with Special Orders No. 97, C. S., from the 
Headquarters War Department, is assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster of this 
Department. 

II. Col. John W. Turner, Aid-de-Camp and Commissary of Subsistence, having 
reported for duty at these Headquarters, in accordance with Special Orders No. 99, 
C. S., from the Headquarters War Department, is assigned to duty as Chief Com- 
missary of this Department. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



General Order } Headquarters Department of the Gulf. 

No. 32. S New-Orleans, May 27, 1862. 

No officer or soldier is permitted to take the property of any citizen, to shut up 
any house or place of business, without a special order from the Provost Judge, 
Provost Marshal, Quartermaster, Military Commandant, or from these Headquarters. 

Any citizen whose property is taken, or annoyed in his property, or an'ested by 
any officer or soldier, in contravention to this order, will at once report to these 
Headquarters, where he will have redress. 

All taking of property by officers or soldiers for their private use is plunder, and 
will be punished as such. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department op the Gulp, 

No. 33. 5 New Orleans, May 26, 1862. 

The following directions, relating to Subs isteuce Duty, e.xtracteil from the Army Kegulations, and 
from late General Orders of the War Department, will bo strictly observed wfthin this De- 
partment : 

ISSUES OF SUBSISTENCE STORES. 

1 . Returns for issues to conipanies,will when practicable, be consolidated for the post 



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or rogiment, and sigued by the post or regimental commanders. Such returns — ordinarily 
for a period of from five to ten days — must embrace only the actual strength present, 
not the sick in hospital, hospital attendants, not those provisioned elsewhere. 

2. When a regiment or detachment is too distant from its Brigade Commissary to 
draw supplies from him, then the acting Commissary of Subsistence of such regiment 
or detachment will draw supplies from the principal depot at New Orleans, or from 
such oth(;r depot or Brigade Commissary as the Chief Conmii«sary may direct. 

3. Brigade Commissaries, Acting Commissaries of detachments and poets will 
make timely requisitions upon the Chief Commissary of the depot, for subsistence 
stores for their commands. The requisitions will state the number of troops, and the 
period for which provisions are required, and will be approved by the officer in com- 
mand of the troops. 

4. Subsistence stores must not be issued on verbal orders. Eetums for them must 
be complete in every respect according to the forms^prescribed in the^Army Regula- 
tions, and the printed blank forms furnished for use by the Subsistence Department. 

5. When Commissaries' stores are transferred ■ from one officer to another,f4upli- 
cate invoices must always be given by the officer transferring, and'corresponding 
receipts retmned by the officer receiving. All commissary stores now in the custody 
of any officer and not accounted for, will be taken up on the " Return of Provisions " 
for this month and accounted for, as required by Army Regulations. Every Commis- 
sary will render his accounts promptly to the Commissary General, sending them first 
for examination to the Chief Commissary, who will transmit them to Washington, 

HOSPITAL. 

6. Issues to hospitals, except regimental, -will" be made by Brigade Commissaries, 
on returns signed by the medical officer in charge and by the immediate commander of 
the troops to which the hospital pertains. The returns'will be for such provisions only 
as are actually required for the sick and the attendants. 

7. Brigade Commissaries will make out separate Hospital Abstracts for each hospi- 
tal pertaining to their respective brigades — articles not of the j, regular issue, and not 
authorized to be otherwise furnished — required by a'medicar officer in charge of? a 
hospital for the subsistance or corafort^'of the sick, will be|;purchased by the Brigade 
or Regimental Commissary, provided ,the money required for thelpurchase does not 
exceed the amount due such hospital, ' ..., 

B. The Hospital Fund is a credit ^mply with the Govemment,§to be drawn' against 
from time to time as circumstances may make necessary, but always in the manner 
prescribed by, and for the objects contemplated in, the Army Regulations. 

9. Money cannot be transferred by a commissary to a medical officer, as Hospital 
Fund, unless the War Department so directs. 

10. Vouchersfor purchases for the hospital must either be certified by the medical 
officer in charge, or accompanied by his requisition. 

11. The general character of articles which may be purchased from Hospital Fund 
for the comfort of the sick, is indicated in paragraph 1306, Revised Army Regulations, 
IdOl. Articles, such as medicines, regular supplies of the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment, etc., etc., must not be obtained from the Hospital Fund. 

SALES TO OFFICEUS. 

12. Officers are authorized to purchase subsistence stores, paying cash for them, at 
contract or cost prices, on their certificate that they are for their own use and the use 
of their families. Rations will not be issued to officers or their servants, unless such 
servants are enlisted men, and are so reported on the officers' pay-roll. 

PAVINGS OF THE RATION. 

13. The Subsistence Department will purchase, at cost prices, all sound articles 
of subsistence saved by troops or employes, by an economical use or 'management of 
the rations. All other sales of provisions issued by the Government to any person 
whomsoever, are strictly forbidden. This regulation is intended to embrace savings 
from bakeries, as well as all other savings from the army rations. 

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ment for them -will be made only to the commanders of companies, and officers having 
charge of employes and bakeries, to which the savings^'respectively pertain.iin th c 
following manner : 

15. The commissary with whom these savings are left, shall, in such case, make out a 
bill of purchase, on form No. 18, Subsistence Department [Notes], and certify that he 
has not paid for the same. These bills of purchase, at cost jjjice, of articles will be 
paid by the officers or agents in charge of the principal_subsistence depots within this 
command, or by any couuni.s.sary having fund-s^for the purpose. 



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16. The conimissaiy Avho holds the savings will take up the stores left with him on 
his next Return of Provisions, as " Company Savings." 

17. The purchase bills will be made out in triplicate, one to be kept by the officer 
taking up this surplus, [to accompany his Return of Provisions for the month,] and 
two to be presented to the officer who pays the bills. 

18. The bills for company savings must be approved by the commanding officer of 
the regim(>nt or detachment to which the company belongs, those for the savings of 
employes by the commander of the troops with whom the employes are serving, certi- 
fied to by the Quartermaster, or other officer having direction of the men; and those 
for savings of bakeries must be approved by the commanding officer of the troops to 
which the bakeries pertain, certified to by the officer in charge of the bakery. 

ii). The funds accumulated by the sales of rations pertaining to companies and 
employes wU be strictly accounted for by company commanders and officers in charge 
of employes and bakeries, in accordance witli paragraphs 163 to r207, Revised Army 
Regulations, 1861. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Depautment of the Gulf, ? 

No. 34. ^ New Orleans, May 28, 1862. S 

The Commanders of all Regiments and Corps will make thoir Muster Rolls for 

faymi>nt up to the 1st of May, and forward thorn immediatrly to Majors Locke and 
lill, at the Qiiartermastei's office. 

The promptness and concc;.. ';^ v.itli v.'iir'i the immikt RoKs arc furnished will in- 
sure priority of payment. ' , - ' 

By command of : -ENERAL BUTLER. 

. ^ftjJitf and A. 4-' A- <jieu. 



General Order ) Headquarters Depautmekt of the Gulf, ? 

No. 35. S ■ New-Orleans, May 28, 1862. < 

lu view of the airival of ston's from New York, aud the speedy opening of this 
Pert, reducing the price of provisions, and for the speedy relict of the ])Oor, the Chief 
Commissary of Subsistence will sell to families for eon.sumption, iu small quantities, 
until furthi'r orders, flour and salt meats, viz : pork, beef, ham and bacon, from the 
stores of the Army, at 7.^ cents per pound for flour, and 10 cents for meats. 

Places of sale designated hereafter. City Bank Notes, Gold, Silver or Treasury 
Notes to be taken iu payment. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

K. S. Davis, Capt. aud A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, } 

No. 36. 5 New Orleans, May 31, 18G2. J 

Abraham McLane, Daniel Doyle, Edward C. Smith, Patrick Kane, George L Wil- 
liams and William Stanley, all enlisted m.-n in the forces of the supposed Confederate 
States, captured at the surrender of Forts St. Philip and Jackson, have violated their 
parole of honor, under which they, prisoners of war, were permitted to return to their 
homes, instead of being confined in prison, as have the unfortunates of the United 
States spldiers who, falling into the hands of rebel chiefB, have languished for months 
in the closest durance. 

Warned by their officers that they must not do this thing, they deliberately organiz- 
ed themselves in military arra}', chose themselves and comrades officers, relying, as 
they averred, upon promises of prominent citizens of New Orleans for a supply of arms 
aud e(piipments. They named themselves tlu? Monroe Life Guard, iu honor of the latti 
Mayor ot New Orleans. 

They conspired together, and arranged the manner in which they might force the 
pickets of the United States, and thus juin the enemy at Corinth 

f.^Tried before an impartial Military Commission — tiilly heard iu their defense — these 
acts appeared beyond doubt or contradiction, aud they were convicted. 

There is no knownjjledge more sacred — there is no military offense whose punish- 
ment is bettei-'defined or more de.st rved. To their crim<! but one piuiishmeut has ever 
been assigned by any nation — Death. 



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This sentence hfls been approved by the Commanding General. To the end that all 
others may take warning — that solemn obligations may be preserved — that War may 
not lose all honorable ties — that clemency may not be abused, and that justice be 
done : 

It is ordered, that Abraham McLane, Daniel Doyle, Edward C. Smith, Patrick Kane, 
George L. Williams and William Stanley, be shot to death, under the direction of the 
Provost Marshal, immediately after reveille, on Wednesday, the fourth day of June 
next; and, for so doing, this shall be the Provost Marshal's sufficient warrant. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 

General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf. 

No. 37. S New-Orleans, June 2, 1862. 

All officers and others collecting money for and in behalf, of the United States, will 
make a full and explicit return of such moneys up to the 1st of Juue current, to this 
office ; also, of their expenditures Knd doings in that behalf. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



r > Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ) 

I New-Orleans, June 3, 1862. > 



General Order 
No. 38. 

I. The Laundresses of Companies are not permitted to come into the quarters of 
the men. They must be kept in their own quarters, and the clothing sent to them 
and sent for. 

II. Any officer who permits a woman, black or white, not his wife, in his quarters 
or the quarters of his company, will be dismissed the service. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A A, A. Gen. 



> Headquarters Department of the Gulf, \ 

\ New-Orleans, May 27, 18G2. S 



General Order 
No. 3i). 

No person coming as a commissioned officer, to join the troops of this Department, 
shall be assigned for duty until such person shall have first reported himself to these 
Headquarters. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. 8. D.wis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Gulf, ? 

No. 40. ) New-Orleans, June 6, 1862. ) 

Any person who has in his possession, or subject to his control, any property of 
any kind or description whatever, of the so-called Confederate States, or Avho has se- 
cn^ted or concealed, or aided in the concealment of such property, who shall not, 
within three days from the publication of this order, give full information of the same, 
in writing, at the Headquarters of the Military Commandant, in the Custom-house, 
to the Assistant Military Commandant, Godfrey Weitzel, shall be liable to imprison- 
ment and to have his property confiscated. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Wm. H. Weigel, 1st Lieut. A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf. ) 

No. 41. 5 New-Orleans, June 10, 1862. ) 

The Constitution and laws of the United States require that all military, civil, ju- 
dicial, executive and legislative officers of the United States, and of the several States, 
shall take an oath to support the Constitution and laws. If a person desires to sei-ve 
the United States, or to receive special profit from a protection from the United States, 
he should take upon himself the corresponding obligations. This oath will not be, as 
it has never been, forced upon any. It is too sacred an obligation, too exalted in its 
tenure, and brings with it too many benefits and privileges, to be profaned by lui- 
williug lip service. It enables its recipient to say, " I am an American citizen." the 



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liighest titltj known, save that of him who can say with St. Paul, *'I was free bom," 
and have never renounced that freedom. 

Judges, justices, sheritis, attorneys, notaries, and all officers of the law whatever, 
and all persons who have ever been, or who have ever claimed to be, citizens of the 
IJnited States in this Department, who therefore exercise any office, hold any place of 
trust or calling whatever, w'hich calls for the doing of any legal act whatever, or for 
the doing of any act, judicial or administrative, which shall or may affect any other per- 
son than the actor, must take and subscribe the following oath : "I do solemnly swear 
(or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and 
will support the Constitution thereof." All acts, doings, deeds, instruments, records 
or certificates, certitied or attested by, and transactions done, performed or made by 
any of the persons above described, from and after the 15th day of June inst., who 
shall not have taken and subscribed such oath, are void and of no eifect. 

It having become necessary, in the judgment of the Commanding General, as a 
" public exigency," to distinguish those who are well disposed toward the Government 
of the United States, from those who still hold allegiance to the Confederate States, and 
ample time having been given to all citizens ibr rijfiection upon this subject, and full 
protection to person and property of every law-abiding citizen having been afforded, 
according to the terms of the Proclamation of May 1st: 

Be it further ordered, That all persons ever heretofore citizens of the United States, 
asking or receiving anj' favor, protection, privilege, passport, or to have money paid 
them, property, or other valuable thing whatever delivered to them, or any benefit of 
the power of the United States extended to them, except protection from personal 
violence, must take and subscribe the oath above specified, before their request can be 
heard, or any act done in their favor by any officer of the United States, within this 
Department. And for this purpose all persons 5-hall be deemed to have been citizens 
of the United States who shall have been residents therein for the space of five years 
and upward, and if foreign born, shall not have claimed and received a protection 
of their Government, duly signed and registered by the proper officer, more than sixty 
days previous to the publication of this order. 

It having come to the knowledge ot the Commanding General that many persons 
resident within this Department have heretofore been aiding rebellion by furnishing 
arms and munitions of war, running the blockade, giving information, concealing prop- 
erty, and abetting, by other ways, the so-called Confederate States, in violation of the 
laws of neutrality imposed upon them by their Sovereigns, as well as the laws of the 
United States, and that a less number are still so engaged: it is therefore ordered, 
that all foreigners claiming any of the privileges of an American citizen, or protection 
or favor from the Government of the United States, (except protection from personal 
violence,) shall previously take and subscribe an oath in the form following : 

"I, , do solemnly swear, or affirm, that so long as my Government re- 
mains at peace with the United States, I will do no act, or consent that any be done, 
or conceal any that has been or is about to be done, that shall aid or comfort any of 
the enemies or opposers of the United States whatever. 

*' (-Signed ) 

"Subject of " 

At the City Hall, at the Provost Court, at the Provost Marshal' s office, and at the 
several police stations, books will be opened, and a proper officer will be present to 
administer the proper oaths to any person desiring to take the same, and to witness 
the subscription of the same by the party taking it. Such officer will furnish to each 
person so taking and subscribing, a certificate in form following : 

DErARTMENT OF TIIIvGULF, Xkw-Orlea.ns, 1862. 

has taken and subscribed the oath required by General 

Orders No. 41, for a .of 

(Signed) 

By command of MAJOE-GENEEAL BUTLEE. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarteus Department of the Gulf, 

No. 42. S New-Orleans, June 19, 1862. 

The Commanding General has received information that certain of the foreign resi- 
dents in this Department, notwithstanding the explanations of the terms of the oath 
prescribed in General Order No. 41, contained in his reply to the foreign Consuls, 
have still scraples about taking that oath. 



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Anxious to relieve the consciences of all vrbo honestly entertain donbts upon this 
matter, and not to embarrass any, especially neutrals, by his necessary military 
orders, the Commanding General hereby revises General Order No. 41, so far as to 
permit any foreign sul\iect, at his election, to take and subscribe the following oath, 
instead of the oath at first set forth : 

I , do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my 

ability, support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. )So help 
me God ! 

[Tradcciion.] 

Je, , jure solennellement, autant qu'il sera en moi, de 

Boutenir, de maintenir 'et de d^fendre la Constitution des Etats-Unis. Que Dieu me 
soit en aide ! 

The General is sure that no foreign subject can object to this oatli, as it is in the 
very words of the oatli taken by every officer of the European Brigade, prescribed 
more than a year ago in " Les reglenients de la Legion Francjaise, form6e h la 
Nouvelle Orleans, le 26 d'Avril, 1861," as will be seen by the extract below, (page, 
22,) and claimed as an act of the strictest neutrality by the officers taking it, and for 
more than a year has passed by all the foreign consuls so far as he is informed — with- 
out protest. 

" Serment que doiventJpreterj,tou8 les officiers de la "Legion Fran^aise." 

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. 

I, , do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my 

ability, discharge the duties of of the French Legion, and that I 

will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the State and of the Confederate 
States. So help me God ! 

Sworn to and subscribed before me. 

[Traddctios.] 

Etat de la Louisianc, Paroisse d'OrUam. 

Je, jure solennellement de remplir, autant qu'il sera 

en moi, les devoirs de de la L6gion Fran9aise, et je promets 

de soutenir, de maintenir et de defendre la Constitution de I'Etat et celle des Etats 
Confederes. Que Dieu me soit en aide ! 

Asserment6 et sign6 devaut moi. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department op the Gulf, } 

No. 43. \ New Orleans, June 20, 1862. i 

No Officer commanding a Post, can leave said Post without obtaining permission 
from the Headquarters of the Department. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) HKAnQUAUTERS Department of the Gulf, ) 

No. 44. y New-Orleans, June 21, 1862. S 

Any vessel attempting to leave this Port and take away any person of color who 
did not come here on board of her, and has not a pass from these Headquarters, will 
be liable to confiscation and her master punished by imprisonment. 

No vessel shall so leave the Port until the master shall take an oath that he has 
not any such person on board and will not allow any such to come on board. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 

General Order ) Headquarters Department op the Gulf, ? 

No. 45. 5 Neio-OrUans, June 21, 1862. J 

All correspondence with the Governors of States, by the officers of this Depart- 
ment, in relation to promotions and appointments of officers in the several Corps in 
this Command, must be transmitted through these Headquarters, and not otherwise, 
in order that the Commanding General may add his own testimony as to the merit 
or demerit of the application. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



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Genbral Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf. ? 

No. 46. 5 Netc-Orlcans, June 20, 18G2. ^ 

All the property in New-Orleans belonging to Gen. D. E. Twiggs, and of hi.s 
minor son, tlic income of which he has received under the charge oi his agent, H. 
W. Palfrey, Esq , consisting of real estate, bonds, notes of hand, Treasury notes of 
the United States, slaves, household furniture, etc., is hereby sequestered, to be 
held to a:wait the action of the United States Government. 

By command of MAJOR-GENEEAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ) 

No. 47. J New-Orleans, July 2, 1362. ^ 

Commanding officers of posts within this Department will only order the sales or 
free distribution of army provisions in extreme cases of destitution, to prevent starva- 
tion, and then only in small quantities, the order stating the amount ordered to be 
sold or distributed 

He will immediately report the order, by copy, to the Headquarters of the 
Department, and all distributions now being made will, on the receipt of this order, 
be so reported. 

The commissaries making these distributions will report weekly to their command- 
ing officers tlie amount of stores issued, and the number of persons issued to, with 
an account of sales, a duplicate of which will be sent to the Chief Commissary of 
the Department. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. AS. S New Orleans, July 9, 1862. 

All dividends, interest, coupons, stock certificates, and accrued interest, due any 
or payable by any incorporated or joint stock company, to any citizen of the United 
States ; and an}' notes, dues, claims and accounts of any such citizen, due from any 
such company, or any private person or company witliin this Department, whidi 
have heretofore been retained under any supposed order, authority, act of seque.s- 
tration, garnishee process, or in any way emanating under the supposed Confederate 
States, or the State of Louisiana since the fraudulent ordinance of secession, are 
hereby ordered to be paid and delivered respectively to the lawful owners thereof, or 
their duly authorized agents. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 49. 5 New Orleans, July 9, 1862. 

All Heads of Departments in this Division will make a full return to these Head- 
quarters of all public property in their possession on the first of July. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department op the Gulf, 

No. 50. 5 New Orleans, July 19, 1862 

Each Bank and Banking Company in New Orleans will make, under oath of the 
Cashier, a Statement of the Condition of the Bank, in the form heretofore made to the 
Board of Currency, on the first Monday of May, June, July, and Monday, July 21st, 
instant. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gon. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulp, 

No. 51. 5 New Orleans, July 24, 1862. 

The Commanding General of this Department takes pleasiue in publishing the fol- 



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lowing elidordemeot, ("rOm Washington, of what he has considered the nseful services 
of Lieut. Col. Kimball, of the 12th Regiment Maine Volunteers, and tlie troops under 
his command : 

" The news of the brilliant achievement of Lieut. Col. Kimball, of the 12th Maine 
Volunteers, and the brave men under his command, at Manchac Pass, was very grati- 
fying to the Department, and it entirely approves your action in allowing the Regi- 
ment to retain the colors which they had so gallantly taken from the enemy." 

By command of MAJOR-GMlSrERAL BUTLER. 

R S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 

General Orders. Nos. 52 and 53. | Covrts-Martjal— Omitted. 

General Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ? 

No. 54. ) New Orleans, August 4, 1862. S 

Each Bank or Banking Company in New Orleans will make, under oath of the 
Cashier, a statement of the cT)ndition of the Bank, in the form heretofore made to the 
Board of Currency, up to the 2d day of August, 1862, and stating specifically what 
their cash consists of, and where it is. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order > Headquarters Department of the Gulf. ) 

No. 55. 5 Netc-Orleang, Aug. 4, 1862. J 

It apppears that the need of relief to the destitute poor of the city requires more 
extended measures and greater outlay than have yet been made. 

It becomes a question in justice upon whom should this burden fall. 

Clearly upon those who have brought this great calamity upon their fellow-citizens. 

It should not be borne by taxation of the whole municipality, because the mid- 
dling and working men have never been heard at the ballot-box, unawed by threats 
and unmenaced by " Thugs" and paid assassins of conspirators against peace and 
good order. Besides, more than the vote that was claimed for secession have taken 
the oath of allegiance to the United States. 

The United States Government does its share when it protects, defends and pre- 
serves the people in the enjoyment of law, order and calm quiet. 

Those who have brought upon the city this stagnation of business, this desolation 
of the hearth-stone, this starvation of the poor and helpless, should, as far as they 
may be able, relieve these distresses. 

There are two classes whom it would seem peculiarly fit should at first contribute 
to this end. First, those individuals and corporations who have aided the rebellion 
with their means: and second, those who have endeavored to destroy the commercial 
prosperity of the city, upon which the welfare of its inhabitants depends. 

It is brought to the knowledge of the Commanding General that a subscription of 
twelve hundred and fifty thousand dollars was made by the corporate bodies, busi- 
ness firms and persons whose names are set forth in schedule "A" annexed to this 
order, and that sum placed in the hands of an illegal body known as the "Committee 
of Public Safety," for the treasonable pui'pose of defending the city against the Gov- 
ernment of the United States, under whose humane rule the city of New-Orleans 
had enjoyed such unexampled prosperity, that her warehouses were filled with trade 
of all nations who came to share her freedom, to take part in the benefits of her com- 
mercial superiority, and thus she was made the representative mart of the world. 

The stupidity and wastefulness with which this immense sum was spent was only 
equalled by the folly which led to its being raised at all. The subscribers to this fund, 
by this very act, betray their treasonable designs and their ability to pay at least a 
much smaller tax for the relief of their destitute and starving neighbors. 

Schedule " B" is a list of Cotton Brokers, who, claiming to control that great 
interest in New-Orleans, to which she is so much indebted for her wealth, published 
in the newspapers, in October, 1861, a manifesto deliberately advising the planters 
not to bring their produce to the city, a measure which brought ruin at the same time 
upon the producer and the city. 

This act sufficiently testifies the malignity of tjpese traitors, as well to the Govern- 
ment as their neighbors, and it is to be regretted that their ability to relieve their fel- 
low-citizens is not equal to their facilities for injuring them. 

In taxing both these classes to relieve the suffering poor of New-Orleans, yea, 
even though the needy be the starving wives and children of those in arms at 
C ^ 



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Richmond and elsewhere against the United States, it will be impossible to make a 
mistake save in having the assessment too easy and the burden too light. 

It is therefore Ordered — 

1st. That the sums in schedules annexed, marked "A" and '" B," set against the 
names of the several persons, business firms and corporations herein described, be and 
hereby are assessed upon each respectively. 

2d. Tliat said sums be paid to Lieut. David C. G. Field, Financial Clerk, at his 
office in the Customhouse, on or before Monday, the 11th inst, or that the property 
of the delinquent be forthwith seized and sold at public aiiction, to pay the amount, 
with all necessary charges and expenses, or the party imprisoned till paid. 

:5d. The money raised by this assessment to be a fund for the purpose of provid- 
ing emplovment and food for the deserving pnor of New-Orleans. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



[Lieut. Field may be found in the room formerly occupied by the Navy Agent.] 



Schedule A. 

List of subscribers to the Millicm and a Quarter Loan, placed in the hands of the 
Committee of Public Safety, for the defense of New-Orleans against the 
United States, and expended by them some .f 38,000. 

Sums .~ub.<cril)t'il Siinr-< asi»j.^.<e(l 
to aid tioaso!! to reliev'n tl.o 

against the U. poor by thf 

.Stutc-u. Uuitod Slates 

Abat, Generos & Co .^210,000 $.52,500 00 

Jonathan Montgomerv 40,UO(J 10,000 00 

Thos. Sloo, President'Sun Insurance Co 50,000 12,500 00 

(.\ C. Gaines 2,000 500 00 

C. C. Gaines & Co 3,000 750 00 

Trustees McDonogh School Fund 340,000 b5,000 00 

J. B. Slawson 10,000 2,500 Ot) 

S.H.Wood 5,000 1.250 00 

Mrs. S. H. Wood 2,000 500 00 

Jacques Lange 7,000 1,750 00 

Widow W. P. Welham 10,000 2.500 00 

Robert Geddes 10,000 2,500 00 

Widow Vogel 20,000 5,000 00 

J. Levois & Co 10,000 2,500 00 

Samiiel Harby 14,800 :i,700 00 

Citizens' Bank of Louisiana 30G,400 7G,600 00 

Gicpiel & Jamison. 7,500 1,875 00 

K. Booth 400 100 00 

Edward Chapm»n 800 200 00 

Thomas Layton .' 1,000 250 00 

1). J. Bcao-uot 9,000 500 00 

B. Drver & Co 1,000 250 00 

W. H! Pierscn 3,000 750 00 

Samuel Locke 10,000 2,500 00 

Hart & Wintz 5,000 1,250 00 

Southern Bank 10,000 2,500 00 

Richard & Co 10,000 2,500 00 

Dr. B. Moss 3,000 750 00 

J. & J. C. Davidson. 20,000 5,000 00 

Dque Lanata 9.000 2,250 00 

n. Samorny 1,000 250 00 

R. Turney .-.;■... 1,500 1375 00 

R. D. Maclin , l . . 2,500 025 00 

J. n. Cohen .'•. /. ... ... . .i .'; . . . .'. . . .... ;'!'. . . . 3,000 750 00 

Mrs. C. A. Slocomb .'; .v. -5,500 1,375 00 

Committee of Public Safety ! ■. ' 865 216 25 

H. Lee 150 37 50 

Geo. Zickendrath. 200 50 00 



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Siiiii.s siibscrlboil 
to aid trcii-sou 
against the; U. 
t-tiites. 



Hyde & Goodrich 

Mag.>(^ Holler & George .... ,-. .'MiO.-'J.';'.4n>j;i--'.v:X'-, .; .' 

iSamuel Loeb 

Valentiuce Heermau 

iS. S. Bickler 

Jno. M. ]Jem<'iV('st ..•......,..;•.•.-.;•. 

Thomas O'Donnell ■••.•.•. i -.•.■.♦.•.•.•.■. i,;-. -. 

Mr.s. B. V. B. McJtahon .: .■.•..•..;......•. . 

W. H. Letchford 

O. F. Thiesmaii 

Frederick Bauer •.■.•..-.•.•. 

John Riclversou ......•.•.•.■.•.-. 

^IcStea, Yaliio & Co 

Jacob Zoolly 

T. Lafon 

E. Creswcll 

H. H. O. Meallie 

Joseph Field 

Jules Done D. Amanon 

John Farrell 

D. H. Holmes 

>S. P. Lamon 

Fanny Hollander 

J. W. 8tanton & Co 

John H. Randolph 

Harriet Morg^an 

Rachel Morgan 

Sarah Morg-an 

I'^lizabeth Morgan 

Mary M. Morgan 

Margaret Harrod 

Davis Brothers 

Trustees Fink Asylum Fund 55 

William Massey 

F. Lagay 

Jno. J. Adams 1 

A. W. Bosworth 

Chas. Briggs 

J. A. Lunn & Co 

Chas. Loeffler 

Geo C. Brower 

Patrick Howard 

Geo. C. Clamman 

H. H. Hedden •.-..-.-.-.. 

James Goran •.■.-.-..-.-.-.-..... 

Biscoe dc Sims..-. . ... . .-. .-. 

B. C. Young. .-.:-. ■.•.•«■;•. •. ;•..:-...•.-.-..%-.-. 

Dr. A. Bruen. . . ;.. . . 

Mine. Ve. H. Chretreu : .'.•,:•<. ;• 

Henderson & Gaines .■.•.■.•.■.•.:■ i 

J. S. Aitkens .: •..;-.:..;:-.;::-.■■.-.-.:•.;'.::-.•.•.•... . 

W. O. Denegre ....: ■.•.::-.-.:..•.::•.•.;:.::: t ::.■.;•. v... . J 

J. C. McLellan :;-.-.v. : 

Mrs. C. F Snowden :;;:::;:.. 

Louisiana State Bank :.:...: 7 

Bank of America 5 

Gen. D. E. Twiggs v 1, 

Jean Petit 13 



,000 
'■{iOO 
100 
,000 
^50 
100 

50 

50 
,000 

50 
725 
250 
,000 
,000 
500 
100 

.50 
,000 
150 
150 
,500 

r.oo 

100 

500 

500 

175 

1-25 

175 

150 

50 

50 

200 

,000 

300 

25 

,000 

600 

100 

1,50 

200 

50 

25 

50 

500 

100 

500 

150 

12:< 

'iOt't 

;O0(< 

250 

,o6o 

200 

50 

,500 

,000 

.000 



*i,y50,i^'.r 



Sums assessoil 
to relieve tlio 
])oor by tUo 
United States. 

250 00 

125 00 
25 00 

250 00 
02 50 
25 00 
12 .50 
12 50 

250 00 
12 50 

181 25 
62 .50 

2.50 00 

250 00 

125 01 1 
25 00 
12 50 

250 00 
37 50 
37,50 

G25 00 
75 00 
25 00 

125 00 

125 00 
43 75 
31 25 
43 75 
37 50 
12 50 
12 50 
50 00 
13,750 00 
75 00 
6 25 

250 00 

1.50 00 
25 00 
37 50 
50 00 
.12 .50 
6 25 
12 50 

125 00 
25 00 

125' 00 

.^37 50 
31 2^5 
50 00 

'250 00 
' 62 50 

250 00 

.50 00 

12 50 

(.875 00 

1,250 00 

250 00 
3,281 -25 

.$117,716 25 



^ ti I ' 



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Schedule B. 

List of Cotton Brokers of New Orleans who published in the Crescent in October 
last, a card advising planters not to send produce to New-Orleans, in order 
to induce Foreign Intervention in behalf of the Rebellion. 

Sums assessed to relieve 
the Rtiirving poor by 
the Uuited States. 

Hewitt, Norton «fe Co $500 

West & Villiere 250 

S. E. Belknap 100 

Brander, Chambliss & Co 500 

Lewis & Oglesby 100 

W. A. Johnson & Co 250 

Carroll, Hoy & Co 500 

Farley, Jurey & Co 500 

W. Cox ife Co 500 

James M. Putnam 100 

A. Levi &. Co 250 

Montgomery «&, Hall 100 

Be.llocq, Noblom & Co 250 

Abat &. Cushman 100 

Holloway & I^onsdale 1 00 

J. W. Champlin & Co 250 

A. D. Henkel & Co 100 

K. Yeatman 100 

Broadwell &, Haynes 100 

Moore & Browder 250 

R. W. Estlin & Co 500 

Lane & Salter 100 

S. O. Nelson «fe Co 500 

Campbell & Strong r. . . . , 250 

Patten & Finney 100 

Fellowes & Co 500 

Payne, Huntington & Co 500 

T. H. &. J. M. Allen «fe Co 500 

F. B. Ernest 100 

Edward Pilsbury 100 

George S. Mandeville 250 

Bell & Bouligny 250 

Richard Nugent & Co 500 

A Miltenberger & Co 250 

Geo. Connelly & Co 500 

J. & G. Cromwell 500 

Moses Greenwood 100 

A. Hillay .& Co oOO 

Scruggs, Donnegan & Co 100 

Hughes, Hyllestead &. Co 500 

W. &. D. Urquhart 500 

Phelps & Jones 100 

John T. Hardie & Co 500 

Hawkins & Norwood 100 

Walker & Snyder 500 

Gills & Ferguson 250 

J. B. Gribble & Co ](jO 

Foley, Avery & Co 500 

Rosser, Prothro & Co 250 

Henderson, Terry & Co 100 

Bradley, Wilson & Co 500 

West, Renshaw & Cammack 500 

John Williams & Co , 250 

Tarlton, \Miiting & Co 250 

Bartley Johnson & Co 500 

Hayes, Gairverse & Co ] 00 

Frierson, Conway «& Co 100 



61 

Sum assessed to relieve 

the starving poor by 
the United States. 

Green, & Crump 260 

R. Mcllhenny 250 

Davis, Jenkins & Co 500 

Kirkpatrick «fe Co 100 

McFarlane & Barksdale 500 

Walker & Co 100 

John L. Lee 250 

P. H. Skipwith; 100 

Knox & Higgins 100 

J. J. Person & Co 250 

Battle, Noble & Co 500 

R. C. Cummings & Co 500 

Montgomery &. AVbite 500 

Wright & Allen 500 

Robert L. Adams & Co 500 

Horrell. Gayle & Co 250 

John Watt '& Co 500 

Rotchford, Brown & Co 500 

M. D. Cooper 500 

Smith & Johnson 100 

James Bankhead fi 100 

McLemore, Raybum & Co ' 250 

Thos. Henderson & Peale 500 

Wood & Low 500 

Gallagher & Dyer 100 

Pritchard & Flower 500 

Stuart & James ]00 

Thornbill «fe Co 500 

Ar. Miltenberger 500 

Gladden & Seixas 100 

J. W. Burbridge &, Co '. 500 

Friedlander & Gerson 250 

Warren & Crawford 100 

Perking & Co 500 

Cutrer & Harrison 100 

Nixon & Co SOO 

Copes & Phelps 250 

Giffen, Smedes & Co 500 



$29,200 



General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 56. 5 New Orleans, Aug. 7, 1862. 

The Commanding General announces to the Army of the Gulf, the sad event of 
the death of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Williams, commanding Second Brigade, in camp at 
Baton Rouge. 

The victorious achievement — the repulse of the division of Major-General Brecken- 
ridge, by the troops led by Gen. Williams, and the destruction of the mail-clad Arkan- 
sas, by Capt Porter of the Navy — is made sorrowful by the fall of our brave, gallant 
and successful fellow soldier. 

General Williams graduated at West Point in 1837; at once joined the Fourth Ar- 
tillery in Florida, where he served with distinction ; was thrice breveted for gallant 
and meritorious services in Mexico, as a member of Gen. Scott's staiF. His life was 
that of a soldier devoted to his country's sei"vice. His country mourns in sympathy 
with his wife and children, now that country's care and precious charge. 

We, his companions in arms, who had learned to love him, weep the true friend, the 
gallant gentleman, the brave soldier, the accomplished officer, the pure patriot and vic- 
torious hero, and the devoted Christian. All, and more, went ont when Williams died. 
By a singular felicity, the manner of his death illustrated each of these generous 
qualities. 

The cbivalric American Gentleman, be gave up the vantage of the cover of tbc 



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liou.ses of the city — foruiiuj^ his liues Su tbi." opeu iield — lest the -vvouien and cliildi'eu 
of his enemies should be hurt in the fight ! 

A good General, he had made his dispositions and prepared for battle at the break 
of dav, when he met his foe ! 

A brave soldier, he received the death-shot leading his men ! ■ 

A patriot hi'ro, he was figljting the battle of his couutryj and died as went up the 
cheer of victory ! 

A Christian, he sleeps in the hopi" of a Blessed Redeemer ! 

His virtues we cannot exceed — Iiis example we may emulate — and mourning his 
dt^atli, we pray, " may our last end be like his." 

The customary tribute of mourning will be worn by the Officers in the Depart- 
ment. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. D.wis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 

General Order ) llE.^nQUAKTtRS Department of the Gllf, ? 

No. 57. ^ Ncw-Oilcans, Aug. 9,1862. J 

Soldiers of the Army of the Gulf : 

Your successes have heretofore been substantially bloodless. 

Taking and holding the most important stratagic and commercial positions witli 
the aid of the gallant Navy, by the wisdom of your combinations and the moral 
power of your arms,# has been left for the last tV'w days to Ijaptize you in blood. 

The Spanish comjuerer of Mexico won imj)erisliable renown by lauding in that 

country and burning his transport ships, to cut off all hope of retreat. You, more 

■fiwise and economical, but with eipial i)rovideiice ag.iinst retreat, sent yoHrs home. 

0' : , Organized to operate on the sea-coast, you advanced your outposts to Baton Rouge, 

the capital of the State of Louisiana, .more than two hundred and fifty miles into the 

interior. 

Attacked there by a division of our rebel enemies, xiuder command of a Major 
General recreant to loyal Keiituckj', wliom some of us Mould have honored before 
his apostacy, of doubly superior numbers, ymi have repulsed in the open field his 
myrmidons, who took advantage of your sickness, from the malaria of the marshes 
of Vicksburg, to make a cowardly attack. 

The Brigade at Baton Kouge has routed the enemy. 

He has lost three Brigadier Generals, killed, wounded and prisoners; many Col- 
onels and field officers. He lias more tlian a thousand killed and wounded. 

You have captured three pieces of artillery, six caissons, two stand of colors, and 
a large number of prisoners. 

You have buried his dead on the field of battle, and are caring for his wounded. 
You have convinced liim tliat you are n<?ver so sick as not to fight your enemy if he 
desires the contest. 

You have shown him tliat if he cannot take an outpost after weeks of preparation, 

what would be his fate with the main body. If your General should say he was 

proud of you, it would only be to praise himself; but, he will say, he is proud to be 

tnie of you. 

1,1 .In this battle the North-east and the North-west mingled their blood on the field— 

i.T*^ tliey had long ago joined tlier hearts — in tlie support of the I'uion. 

Michigan stood by Maine, Massaelinserts supj)orted Indiana, Wisconsin aided Ver- 

fuont, while Connecticut, ref»reseiued by the aims of the ever-green sha..irock, 

louglit as our lather^ did at Boyue Waters. 

hti While we all mourn the loss of many brave conuades, we, who were absent, euvy 

thciii t)ie privilege of dying upon tl:e liat.'le-fickl for our country, under the starry 

-i/okis 01 ner victorious flag. 

j.ii , The colors and guidons of the several corps engaged in tlie contest will have in- 
i-i:»cribed on them — " Baton Rou(;e." 

v! iTo complete the victory, the iron-clad steamer Arkansas, the last naval hope of 
the rebellion, hardly awaited the gallant attack of the Essex, but followed the ex- 
ample of her sisters, the Merrimac, the Manassas, the Mississippi, and the Ijotiisiana, 
by her own destruction. 

By command of MAJOK-GENERAL BUTLER. 

K. &. DAVI8, Capt. ajid A. A. A. Gen. 



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General Order ) I1k\uqi'ai{TRRS Dkpautmknt ok the Gulf, I 

No. rjt*. ^ Neic Orleans, Auff. 14, ISiVi. S 

In L'onipliance with tho orJirs of tlie \\':ir Dfpartnient, dated July M, Ic'GiJ, it ia 
hereby ordered, that the Commanding; Officers of thi- several Brigades, Kcgimeuts and 
Corps' within tliis Department, shall, on Monday, the l-'th day of Aiij^'ust current, 
cause eacli Regiment, and Corps nnder thiir counnand to be mustered. 

" The absentees will be marked, thrte lists of the same made out, and within forty- 
eight hours of the muster, one copy will be sent to tin; Adjutant General of the army, 
aiid one to the Commander of tlie'corps. The third is to be retained, and all officers 
and privates tit for duty, absent at that time, will be regarded as absent without 
cause. Their pay wiirbe stopped, and they will be dismissed from the service or 
treated as deserters, unless restored ; and no officer shall be restored to his rank, unless 
by thejudgmtnt of a Court of Inquiry, to be approved by tlie President, he shall estab- 
lish his innocence of the charge, that his absence was without cau.se." 

By command of .MA.JOK-GEXEIIAL BUTLER. 

K, S. Davi.s, Capt. and A. .\. A. Gen. 



\ 

General Order } Hf.adqiautkrs Dkpautmknt of thk Gulf, ? 

N0..59. i; New Orleans, Aug. 16, 1862. S 

It is hereby ordered that the following companitss of Louisiana Volunteers shall 

constitute the First Regiment, viz : The companies of Captains Renaud, Becker, Fel- 

ton, Totman, Solomon, George, Persons, Kendrick, Parsons and Ingham 
The following shall be the regimi)ntal organization : 
Colonel, Richard E. Holcomb ; Lieutenant Colonel, Henry H. Elliot; 

Major, William O. Fisk ; Adjutant, Chas. H. Grosvenor ; 

Quartermaster, James Leonard, Jr.; burgeon, "William T. Black ; 
First Assistant iSurgeou ; Second Assistant Surgeon ; 

Chaplain, Samuel M. Kingston ; Sergeant Major, Devereaux E. Jones ; 

Quartermaster Sergeant ; Conmiissary Sergeant ; 

Hospital Steward; Drum Major, Benjamin F. Loomis . 

Company. A. — Captain, Clement Renaud ; First Lieutenant, Martin Jacob ; Second 
Lieutenant, Roland Second. 

Company B. — Captain, Bemhard Becker; First Lieutenant, Cha.s. May; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Wm. Kemptou Crosby. 

Company C. — Captain, Francis Felton ; First Lieutenant, George Scheinenauer ; Se- 
cond Lieutenant, Thos. L. Scott. 

Company D. — Captain, William H. Totman; First Lieutenant, Patrick H. Sweeney; 
Second Lieutenant, George A. Mayne. 

Company E. — Captain, Louis A. Solomon ; First Lieutenant, Rudolph Krause ; Se- 
cond Lieutenant, James M. Gardner. 

Company F. — Captain, William George; First Lieutenant, Henry T. Carter; Second 
Lieutenant, Hiram P. Haney. 

Company G — Captain, Alonzo W. Persons; First Lieutenant, Alfred T. Munsey ; Se- 
cond Lieutenant, Leonidas R. Hall. 

Company H.— Captain, F. M. H. Kendrick ; First Lieutenant, M. O. B. Hill ; Second 
Lieutenant, Marcena C. Grey. 

Company l. — Captain, John R. Parsons : First Lieutenant, Charles A. Tracey ; Second 
Lieutenant, James T. Smith. 

Company K. — Captain, H. G. Ingham ; First Lieutenant, Frederick Bahnecke ; Second 
Lieutenant, Theodore Amelungsen. 
The appointments of all the above-named officers shall date from the day of the 

muster. Each officer, non-commissioned officer and private, promoted from other corps 

of this division into said First Regiment Louisiana Volunteers, will be dropped ^rom 

the several rolls of their respective corps as of that date. 

Every officer, after a proper time to perfect himself in his duties, will he siibjected 

to an examination by a duly appointed Board of Officers, and holds his appointment 

subject to the result of said examination. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



24 

General Order ? HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OP THE GULP, \ 

No. 60. 5 New-Orleans, Aug. 16, 1862. S 

ORDERED, That after Tixesclay, 19th inst., there be paid for information leading 
to the discovery of weapons not held under a written permit from the United States 
authorities, but retained and concealed by the keepers thereof, the sums following : 

For each serviceable Gun, Musket, or Rifle $10 

" " Revolver 7 

" " Pistol 5 

" " Saber or Officer's Sword 5 

" " Dirk, Dagger, Bowie-Knife, or Sword Cane.. . 3 
Said arms to be confiscated, and the keeper so concealing them to be punished by 
imprisonment. 

This crime being an overt act of rebellion against the authority of the United 
States, whether by a citizen or an alien, works a forfeiture of the property of the of- 
fender, and, therefore, every slave giving information that shall discover the con- 
cealed arms of his or her master, shall be held to be emancipated. 

II. As the United States authorities have disarmed the inhabitants of the Parish 
of New Orleans, and as some fearful citizens seem to think it necessary that they 
should have arms to protect themselves from violence, it is ordered. 

That hereafter the offenses of robbery by violence or aggravated assault, that 
ought to be repelled by the use of deadly weapons, burglaries, rapes, and 'murders, 
whether committed by blacks or whites, will be, on conviction, punished by death. 
By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department op the Gulf, I 

No. 61. S New-Orleans, Aug. 20, 1862. 5 

The attention of all officers who have been, and still are discharging the duties of 
Commissary of Subsistence within this Department, is directed to the following letter 
from the War Department, received at these Headquarters : 

" War Depaktment, ADjrrA>rr General's Office, \ 
'■ Washington, Auffust 15, 1862." J 
•• Major General B. F. Biti.ek, U. S. Volunteers, Commamiing Department of the Gulf, Now Orleans, La.: 
" 5fr— The Secretary of War desires that you will please instruct all the ofBcers of your command 
who have done, or may do, duty in the Subsistence Department, to render the returns and accounts 
required by law and regulations. The Commissary General is ignorant of the names of mo.st of tho 
officers acting as Commissaries in your command, and but one or two have ever rendered any atoount 
to him. 

" I am, sir, very respectfully, 

" Your most obedient servant, 
[Signed] " E. D. Towxsend, Ass't Adj't General." 

As well as to the 5th section of General order No. 33, issued from these Head- 
quarters, viz : 

" 5. When Commissaries' Stores are transferred from one officer to another, duplicate invoices m^ st 
always be given by the officer transferring, and corresponding receipts returned by the officer receiv- 
ing All Commissary Stores now in the custody of any officer and not accounted for, will be taken up 
on tho 'Return of Provisions' for this month, and accounted for as required by Army Rcfjulations. 
Every Commissary will render his accounts promptly to the Commissary General, sending them tirst 
for examination to the Cliief Commissary, who will transmit them to Washington." 

Hereafter, every officer doing commissary duty in this Department, will render his 
accounts by the 15th of each month, and the Chief Commissary will report to the 
Major General Commanding the name of every officer who fails to comply with this 
order. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 62. 5 New-Orleans, Aug, 25, 1862. 

The Commanding General has carefully revised the official reports of the action of 
August 5th, at Baton Rouge, to collect the evidence of the gallant deeds and merit- 
orious services of those engaged in that brilliant victory. 

The name of the lamented and gallant General Williams has already passed into 
history. 

Colonel Roberts, of the 7th Vermont Volunteers, fell mortally wounded, while 
rallying his men. He was worthy of a better disciplined regiment and a better fate 



(ilorious as it is to die for one's country, yet his regiment gave him the inexpregsi 
hie pain of seeing it breal: in confusion when not pressed by the enemy, and refuHu 
lo march to tlie aid of the outnumbered and almost overwhelmed Indianlans. 

The 7tli Vermont Regiment, by a fatal mistake, had already fired into tlie same 
regiment they had refused to support, killing and wounding several. 

The Commanding General therefore excepts the 7th Vermont from General Order 
No. 57, and w.ill not permit their colors to be inscribed with a name which could 
bring to its officers and men no proud thought. 

It is further ordered, that the colors of that regiment be not berne by them until 
such time as they shall have earned the right to them, and the earliest opportunity 
will be given this regiment to show whether they are worthy descendants of those 
who fought beside Allen, and with Starke at Bennington. 

The men of the 9th Connecticut, who were detailed to man Nims' battery, deserve 
special commendation. 

The 14th Maine Volunteers have credit for their gallant conduct throughout the 
day. 

Colonel Nickerson deserves well of his country, not more for his daring and cool 
courage displayed on the field when his horse was killed from under him, but for his 
skill, energy and perseverance In bringing his men in such a state of discipline as to 
enable them to execute most difficult maneuvers under fire with steadiness and 
efficiency. His regiment behaved admirably. 

Nims' Battery, 2d Massachusetts, under command of Lieutenant Trull, its Captain 
bein^ confined by sickness ; Everett's Battery, 6th Massachusetts, under command 
of Lieutenant Carruth, who fought his battery admirably ; Manning's Battery, 4th 
Massachusetts ; and a section of a Battery taken by the 21st Indiana from the enemy 
and attached to that regiment, under command of Lieutenant Brown, are honorably 
mentioned for the efficiency and skill with which they were served. The heaps of 
dead and dying within their range attested the fatal accuracy of their fire. 

The 6th Michigan fought rather by detachments than as a regiment, but deserves 
the fullest commendation for the gallant behavior of its officers and men. Companies 
A, B, and F, under command of Captain Cordin, receive especial mention for the 
coolness and courage with which they supported and retook Brown's Battery, routing 
the 4th Louisiana and capturing their colors, which the regiment has leave to send 
to its native State. 

'Colonel Dudley, oOth Massachusetts Volunteers, has credit for the conduct of the 
right wiug under his command. The 30th Massachusetts was promptly brought 
into action by Major Whittemore, and held its position with steadiness and success. 

To the 21st Indiana a high meed of praise is awarded. " Honor to whom honor is 
due." Deprived of the services of their brave Colonel, suffering under wounds prev- 
iously received, who essayed twice to join his regiment in the fight, but fell from his 
horse from weakness. With every field officer wounded and borne from the field, 
its Adjutant, the gallant Latham, killed, seeing their General fall, while uttering his 
last known words on earth, " Indianlans, your field officers are all killed — I will lead 
you," still this brave corps fought on without a thought of defeat. Lieut.-Colonel 
Keith was everywhere, cheering on his men and directing tbeir movements, and even 
after his very severe wound, gave them advice and assistance. Major Hayes, while 
sustaining the very charge of the enemy, wounded early in the action, showed him- 
self worthy of his regiment. 

The 9th Connecticut and 4th Wisconsin regiments, being posted in reserve, were 
not brought into action, but held their position. Colonel T. W. Cahill, 9th Connec- 
ticut, on whom the command devolved by the death of the lamented Williams, prose- 
cuted the engagement to its ultimate glorioiis success, and made all proper disposi- 
tion for a further attack. 

Magee's Cavalry (Massachusetts), by their unwearied exertions on picket and out- 
post duty, contributed largely to our .success, and deserve favorable mention. 

The patriotic courage of the following officers and privates, who left the hospitals to 
fight, is specially commended : 

Capt. H. C. Wells, Company A, 30th Massachusetts ; 
Capt. Eugene Kelty, Company I, 30th " 

Ist Lieut. C A. K. Diraon, Adjutant, 30th " 
2d Lieut. Fred. M. Norcross, Co. G, 30th " 
3d Lieut. Wm. B. AUyn, 6th Massachusetts Battery ; 
2d Lieut. Taylor, 4th Massachusetts Battery : 
Sergeant Cheever, 9th Connecticut : 
Private Taylor, 9th Connecticut . 

The following have honorable mention : B 



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Lle11tH.HvBlliott,A; A'. 'A.'t?en<'ral to Genf^ral Williame, for his coolness ami 
iritrcypitlity in aCtlOiJ, aniHlie promptness with wliicli he fulfilled his duties. 

Lieut. Ji P. Tenney, Quartermaster of oOth Massachusetts, who fell severely 
wotiftaedSvhHe actiilo; aid ti) General Williams. 

L,ieut. W. G. Howe, of Company A, 3t»th Massachusetts, acting Aid to Colonel 
IHidley, dangeroWSly wonnded in fire places before he quit the field 

•LieiTt. C. A. R.Diinonv Adjutant 30th Massachusetts, acting Aid to Col. Dudley, 
behaved most gallantly ; •- 

-liieht.'Fred. M. Norcross. 3dth MassacHttri^ettB, acting Aid to Col. Dudley, for daring 
coiihi^e in the field ( ' •■' ''■ ' '* 

Alfred T. Holt, ASsistinfr Burgeon SOtli Massachusetts, for humane courage, taking 
on his back, under a hot fire j the wounded soldiers as they fell ; 

Lietit.' Gi F. Whitcomb, 30th Massachusetts, gallantly dashing into the emoke of the 
enemy's musketry, bringing of a caisson left by Manning's Batteiy. 

The gallant officer and admirable soldier, Capt. Eugene Kelty, of Company I, 30th 
Massachusetts, who was ordered to deploy his brave and active company of Zouaves 
as skirmishers on the right, and ill the performance of this duty fell bravely at their 
head. '■' ■'/'' ■"■/ ' ' ■ ■ ■ 

Lieart.W. H. Gardner, Company K, 30th Massachusetts, who fell wounded severely, 
bnt' entreated- not to be taken from the field until the battle should be ended. 

Color Sergeant Brooks, Company C, 30th Massachusetts, and Color Corporal Rogers, 
Company K, 30th Massachusetts, who lost his left arm. Both behaved admirably dur- 
iifg the e>nt-ire engflgementv ■ • '•. • 'I - ■ . . 

Private McKeczie, Company B, 30th Massachusetts, who, though wounded, with 
the bullet sfil! in his body, n^mained on duty througiiout the engagement and is now 
at'jn's pw?t. 

^Fh-8tS<^rge»nt John Haley, ComJ>any E, 30th Massachusetts, commanded his com- 
pany bravely and well, in the necessary ab.sence of his line officers. 

jCapt. James Grimsley, Company B, ?lst Indiana, who commanded the regiment 
after Col. Keith wtts wounded, for his gallant behavior in following up the battle to 
its conij>lete sucdcss. 

Adjnfant Mathf'>>' A. Latham, Slst Indiana, iustautly killed, while in the act of 
wavinc,' liis swoixl and urging on the men to deeds of valor. 

Lieut. Chas. D. Seeley, Orderly Sergeant John A. Bovington, Coiporal Isaac Knight, 
and iVivate Henry T. Batchelor, all of Company A, 21st Indiana, Avho were killed in- 
stantly, while bra\"ely contesting tiie gix>uud with the enemy. 

Capt. Xoblett, 2Jst Indiana, detailing men from his company to assist in working 
the guns in the 0th Massachusetts Battery, aft^r the gunners were disabled, for his sup- 
portino' Lieut. Carruth and his battery. 

Lieut. Brown, of the 21st Indiana, commanding a battery, improvised from his regi- 
ment, for the efficient manner in which he batidled the gitns. He deserves promotion 
to a battery. '■'•■■■ r 

■Capt. Chas. E. Ckrk(>, acting Colonel 6th Michigan Regiment, prevented the enemy 
from tlanking our right, 'uriugiug his command at the critical moment to the aid of 
Nims' Battery. ^ .. 

Lieut. Howell", Company' Fj^th Michigflin, and Lieut. A. J. Ralph, acting Adjutant, 
for intrepidity. 

Capt. Spitzer, Gth Michigan, in command of the company of pickets, who hand- 
somely held in check the enemy's advance. 

The fearless eonductof Lieut. Howell, Company F, and Sergeant I'hayer, Company 
A, tith Michigait ]?egiment, after they were wounded, in supporting Lieut. Brown's 
Batteryr Lieut. Kiwsey, Company A, for his coolness and daring 

Cajit. Soul.' and Li( ut. Fasset, Company I, Gth Michigan, as skirmishers, Aveie 
woundfsd, -deswye special notice for the steadiness of their command, which lost 
heavily in kiHod and wounded. First Sergeant B. Stoddard, Company I; Capt. Smith, 
Company A; Liout. Chessman, Comj>any B ; Capt. Davies Bacon, Company K, Pro- 
vost Judge. 

Major Bickmore and Adjutant J. H. Metcalf, of the 14th Maine, wounded while 
nobly discharging their duty. 

Capt. French, Company K, 14th Maine, who was terribly wounded while leading on 
his men to one of the finest ch.arges of the battle. It is sorrowful indeed to add, that 
by the accident to the gteaWief ^hiteman he was drowni^d. 

Second Sergeant J. N. Soavy, Company C ; Second Sergeant Silow, Company D : 
Corporal Edminster, Company D ; Private A. Blackman, Company F; Private Preble, 
Company F; all of the 14th RIaine — are commended for rare bravery. 



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Acting Ordnance Sergeant Long; Quartcroiastpr yej-geajit G;irdnor, and Commis- 
sary Sergeant Jackmau — all of the 14tU Maine ; and all, ot[i»ylipiuljorvo wed giuis^^nd 
entered me ranks at Iho commencement of the action. ,[, ,,; t, ,, . ^^ liubii'j ,y,i,un>j 

Capt. Chas. 11. Manning, 4tli Massaclmsetts Battery, vvno fought Ms oattery aami- 
rably, and established his reputation as a commander. 

John Donaghue, 4th Massachusetts Battery, who brought off from the camp of the 
7th Vermont llegimeut their colors at the time of their retreat. '■.fV.i<'A t .FiiO" 

Private John K. Duflfeo, 4th Massachusetts Battery ; Private Ralph 0. tiuwle^, of 
Magee's Cavalry, who together went into the field, hitched hordes unto a battery "^^'figflii 
of uie Gth Massachusetts Battery, and brought it off under the fire of the (>hemy. ' '\\ 

Lieut. Wm. B. Allyn, who had two horsL\s shot under liiia.; Lieut. Frank Bruc'o, 
Ord. Sergeant Baker, S<;rgeant Wacljter, Corporal Wood and Private Georgu AudrcV^S. 
all of the Gth Massaclmsetts Battery, for especial bravery, gallantry and good coodAcft;. 

Sergeant Cheever and Privates Tyler, Shields, and Ciogston, of the 'Jth Gonriiifeti- 
cut, for the skill and bravery with which they worked one of thtir guui- ^ ' ' ''''' 

Capt. S. W. Sawyer, of Company H, 9th Connecticut, for his daring fecoiinoissance 
on the morning of the 9 th, during which ho found and seciued three of the 'ehern|^*s 
caissons, filled with ammunition. . ■ \ •' ■ '■ 

By command of MAJOR-GEljrERAL BtfrLEH. 

:„M«- H. WE.GEL, Fir.. Lieut, .„d x._K^m, sri'Lt'oC;;^':, 'lit,., 

■■ l)ii> ff fixlw 

General Order ? HeauqiJartem Dk'pAli'i'iwEiNir; o^ 'trife 'Ifivtf'A 

^1 If Whereas, on the 23d day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and 8ix|y;pue, 
■ at a public meeting of the free colored population qf tha , city of , ?few-0rl'ean4 a 
military organisation, known as the ''Native Guards" (colored,) bad. its existence, 
which military organization was duly and legally enrolled as a part pf 'the, militia of 
the State, its ofidcers being commissioned by Thomas ,0. Moore, , governor and 
Commander-in-Cliief of the militia of the State of Louisiaoa, in ;tlie form follpwing, 
thatissay: '. :.'i,i;;i '..-lu-y- -,[; U' 

THE STATE' OF- liiOsUiaMNA. ii: 
' ■ '■ ■'' ISedlof tke ^nte^y: .r<f jit 

"By Thoius Overton MoOR'e; (Jby6fii'6r ' of 'th^ State orLoalsiaiia,'aiia '(?^- 
mander-in-Chief of the militia thereof. ■ "" ' ; " -if ■ !■• ■ .i>. ..miu-, ,Ir,qq,ijiv( 

"In the name and by the authority of the Staitd'ftf L'oiffiiaTife:'""^Fif' "1' oj yj>\di.ii 

"Know Ye, that — ", having been 'Ai\\r ari'd legjUTj^'dfecrtSa' Obkaitiibf 

the "Native Guards" (fciolotdd,) 1st Division of the 'MMiiaai6ffL0Ui<Slaira;t6'fe>!r«fe-K)r 
the term of the war. . , ^ ...!.;-; 

"I do hereby appoint and commission him Captain as rifo're/saifl,' t<) take rank as 
such, from the second of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one :;' > ■■n'l -^ H 

"Pie is, theretwe, carefully and diligently to discharge the duties of his office, by 
doing and performing all manner of things thereto belonging. And I do strictly 
charge and reqiiire all officers, non-commissioned officers and privates undjerhis C0|.m- 
mand, to be obedient to his orders aa Captain ; and he is to observ*^ and foUovv such 
orders and directions, from time to time, as .he shall receive* from, me, or .the future 
Governor of the State of Louisiana, or other superior oiricbr|i,',a<gcOTmB'^ Vd'tM 
and Articles of War, and in conformity to law,., '.,. .,;. -'. i, !,!.[,'■'...!,,■!,,/',',''',""' ('l'-t 

"In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to'be maid'e''^ati5ii,''Wa''lJhe 
seal of-ihe State to be hereunto annexed. i^ f n ni'^-'u ''^' * '' 

r ■^'^^ J "Given Trnder my hand, at tljeipi^jy cf Bato^_, Roi^e, pjl the second 
J L. S. ^ day of May, in the yoAr of our Lord one 'thbusahti'eiglit' fimitftea and 
* <-^/-w/ ' sixty-one. ' 

[Signed] "Tiios.^ ©)I>MbiMta. ; > 

"By the Governor: I .<Vi.,.',/f 

[Signed ] . ; ,"». . B.- HarDV,. ^^xr^etaryr, «.C,.^I*^) 

[Endorsed.] '"' ' -".\''],":;,''-"\ ;'J '' '- '-'-: 
"I, Maurice Grivot, Adjutant and Inspector, General of the S'tate of Loui.siana, do 

hereby certify that , named in'tho witbin'<*6mmiSf!ion!'' did,''bn the 

second day of May, in the year ]86], deposit in my office his written acceptance of 
the office to which he is commissioued, ajjUhiM oath of office. t^kpi^^iyc^Cfj^fjI^ii^^.to 
law. ..;i»U-o«j/. > (Kl j>/i 



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And whereas, such military organization elicited praise and respect, and was com- 
plimented in General Orders for its patriotism and loyalty, and was ordered to 
continue dining the war, in the words following : 

"Headquarters, Louisiana Militia, 

''Adjutant GtneraVa Office, March 24, 1862. 

"Order No. 426. 

"I. The Governor and Commander-in-Chief relying implicitly upon the loyalty 
of the free colored population of the city and State, for the protection of their homes, 
their property, and for Southern rights, from the pollution of a nithless invador, and 
believing that the military orgauizatiou which existed prior to the loth February, 
]862, and elicited praise and respect for the patriotic motives which prompted it, 
should exist for and during the war, calls upon them to maintain their organization, 
and to hold themselves prepared for such orders as may be transmitted to them. 

"II. The Colonel Commanding will report without delay to Major General Lewis, 
commanding State Militia. 

"By order of Tfios. O. MOORK. 

[Signed] "M. Grivot, Adjutant General." 

And whtreas, said military organization, by the same order, was directed to 
report to Major General Lewis for service, but did not leave tho city of New-Orleans 
wnen he did : 

Now, therefore, the Commanding General believing that a large portion of this 
militia force of tho State of Louisiana are willing to take service in the Volunteer 
forces of the United States and be enrolled and orgauized to " defend their homes 
from ruthless invaders;" to protect their wives and children and kindred from wrong 
and outrage ; to shield their property from being seized by bad men ; and to defend 
the Flag of their native country, as their fathers did nnd?r Jackson at Chalmette, 



praise and respect 

of the "Native Guards," aforesaid, and all other free colored citizens recognized by 
the first and lat« Governor and authorities of tiie State of liouisiana as a portion of 
the Militia of the State who shall enlist in the Volunteer Service of the United States, 
shall be duly organized by the appointment of proper oiHcers, and accepted, paid, 
equipped, armed and rationed as are other Volunteer Troops of the- Unit<"d States, 
subject to the approval of the President of the United States. AH such persons are re- 
quired at once to report themselves at the Touro Charity Building, Front Levee Street, 
New Orleans, wh«re proper officers will muster them into the service of the United 
States. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarter.s Dei'art^.ient of the Gulf. \ 

No. 64. I Neic-Orkans, Aug.'^,18f)2. ^ 

All officers or enlisted men of the Confederate service, now on parole in this city, 
who wish to be exchanged, will report themselves to Lieut. G. Wcitzel, at the City 
Hall, on or before Monday, the 1st of September, for the pui-pose of arranging for 
such exchange. 

By command of ^ MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 65. ] New-Orleans, Aug. 27, 1862. 

Commanders of Brigades in this Department will have their respective commands 
must/;='red for pay on tho last day of this month. 

By command of \LUOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Wm. H. Weigel, Ist Lieut, and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order } Headquarters Df.part.mknt of the Gulf, ) 

No. 66. J New-Orleans, Aug. 29, 1862. \ 

No officer who is not entitled by regulations to a horse will be allowed to keep one. 



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All officers not so entitled having horses will turn them over to the Quartermaster's 
Department forthwith, and all Assistant and Regimental Qnartermastere will see to it 
that such horses aro returned to the Chief Quartermaster, and will be held responsible 
tor them. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) HEADQUARTERS Department of the Gulp. 

No. 67. S New-Orleans, Sept. 6, 1862. 

All Commanders of Regiments, Batteries and Detached Companies, in this Depart- 
ment, having discharged soldiers or men entitled to go home, will report the same to 
the Quartermaster immediately, so that they may be sent by the first transport. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, } 

No. 63. 5 New-Orleans, Sept. 10, 1862. ^ 

From and after this date, all applications for discharged soldiers, or furloughs for 
soldiers or officers, or resignations of officers, will be forwarded to the Medical Director, 
Dr. Chas. McCormick. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department op tub Gulf. } 

No. 69. 5 New-Orleans, Sept. 10, 1862. J 

Hereafter, the Chief Commissary will put aboard Government Transports going 
North, sufficient provisions for discharged soldiers, to last them to New-York. 

Paymasters in this Department, in paying dischai'ged soldiers going North, will re- 
tain the price cost of ten days rations, and note the same on discharge papers, turning 
over the amount to the Chief Commissary. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 

No. 70. 5 New-Orleans, Sept. 10, 1862. 

All Regimental Bands will be immediately mustered out of the service, according to 
General Order No. 91, issued from the War Department: 

"All enlisted men, who have been detached from Companies to serve in Bands, but 
were not originally mustered in as members of the Bands, will be returned to duty in 
their Companies Not having baen enlisted as Musicians, they are not entitled to 
discharge as such. With their own consent, Musicians of Regimental Bands, instead 
of being discharged, may be transferred, on their present enlistment, to form the Brig- 
ade Bands." 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department op the Gulf, } 

No. 71. 5 New-Orleans, Sept. 13, 1862. J 

As in the course of ten days it may become necessary to distinguish the disloyal 
from the loyal citizens and honest neutral foreigners residing in this Department: 

It is ordered that each neutral foreigner, resident in this Department, shall present 
himself, with the evidence of bis nationality, to the nearest Provost Marshal for Regis- 
tration of himself and his family. 

This registration shall include the following particulars : 

The country of birth. 

The length of time the person has resided within the United States. 

The names of his family. 

The present place of residence, by street, number or other description. 

The occupation. 



'/iiiywdateoi' pvotoctiou oi' oertifteate of iiatiouality, whicU shall be endorsed by the 
tl*«e8fH»tl lC]tsrk,;''Regi6ter6di"> with date d£ register. . 

:il<JiMlif|al8ei0rsdim.uljat«d oWtus ot f«rei(j^,alla^auce bj uativa or oaturaliised citireno, 
will be severely punished. 

.ji:ijr;iM jB)iootxi»aoddf. ■ major-gbneral butler. 

Geo. C. Stiioxo, A. A. Gen.,Chief of Staff.i * r / ' ■ 

G^n«*lOrderi^ I 1 jKru/iTiu iHaAWtt'AUTKRs Department of the Gulp, 

I No. 72. .S .■ • •• ,v ., Vv» -■ .,' New-Orleans, Sept. 15, 1862. 

lirFrola abd after this date,' no oflBctr belonging to any Camp outside of the city will 
wbefperntittcd to remain in this city over twenty-four hours, except on a Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of aickness, endorsed by the MedierU. Director, 
^i;.. J 1 By command of ,".[, .i.y ;• MAJOR-GENEEAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Gen. , , 



General ;Qrdpr J ,,, i-i, ;,/; j..,^.Uf^V)(^UARTERS Department op thb Gulf, \ 

•, No. 73. ■ J i ; .; ; ,,,,',>,, Xcic-Orlcans, Sept. m, 1862. i 



,„-j X,,; -^tr^nj^fergo.f;, property or. rights of property, real, mixed, personal or iucorpo- 
.jfjaj, except nfic*2sas^ry food, medicine and clothing, either by way of sale, gift, pledg.% 

Eaymont, lease or loan, by an inhabitant of this Department, who has not returned to 
ifi Of hpr .allegiance , to the United States, (having once been a citizen thereof,) are 
formdden and void, and the person transfemng and the pvrson receiving shall be pun- 
islud by line or impvisonmeut, or both. 

IL All registers of the transfer of cortiftrates uf sUjck or shares in any incorporated 
on joiiftfitock company or agSiqcJaAJpn, ift \vjiich any inhabitant of this Department who 
h^s not relumed to his or ht;r allepiance to the United States, (having once been a citizen 
thereof,) has any interest are forbidden, and the clerk or other officer making or record- 
ing the transfer will be held equally guilty with the transferrer, 
-nlliv/ ;Ey command of , MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER 

yijlMfiVv-C. pTJaaNP,i4,iA,,a., Chiof of J^fajfif. , ; 

Graetal OraCTT' ' "■ '^ •H'r:ADQUARTER8 Dkpartmekt of thb Gulp, I 
No. 74. 5 New-Orleans, Sept. 19, 1862. J 

I. It having been made to appear to tho Commanding General, that upon marclies 
and expeditions, eoldiwrs of the United Stat«'S army have entered houses and taken 
tlyjrefrom priyatq property and appropriated the Fame to then own use: 
. It. is therefore orderad, that a copy of General Orders No. 107, current series, from 
. 'the War Department, be distributed to every eommissioued officer of this Command, 
^pd that the same be read, together with t!iis order, to each company in this De- 
'pkrimeht three several times at difiereut company roll calls. 

'. 11. It is furtiicr ordered, that all complaints that private property has been taken 
'('Trilun peaceable citizens iu eontraventiou of said General Orders No. 107, be submit- 
' ted to a Board of Survey, and that the amount of damage determined shall be de- 
'diicted from the pay of the offipe+s commanding the troops committing the outrage 
— 7ia.pxaportio^ to their raijk- ■, 
•^^''"^ Bycb'm'ilidndof '■ MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strono, A. A. Gen. 

J .i.ijli .'UiT^io TK3MTni.'faiI '^n.ni;. 1' ^ ■■^) 

(Seneral Order i ; «•[ ^.,v r„j,5u^w^QjjARTF,RS Departmkkt OF TUB GuLF, 7 
, .^ , No. 75. S . r ' New Orleans, Sept. 23, 1862. S 

No Officer or Soldier jwrving in this I>^partment, will bo allowed to bring hither 
j(f4s family, or any member ithereof, without special permission. 
-ti;;;lV;^y command of : ,, , \, _ MAJOR-GENEEAL BUTLER, 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 

: e.iAhiTiihr.q "^r t. .. 

General Order } ri b-jJinU OiHEADQdARTERS Department of thb Gulf, ) 
No. 76. S New-Orleans, Sept. 24, 1862. > 

All persons, male ct female, within this Department, of the ago of eighteen years 

and ujiwards, who have ever been cilizt-us of the United States, and have not re- 



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newed their alleptiance before this date t<5 the United States, or who now hold I'dr 
pretend any alleg^iaiice or sympathy with the HO-called ('onfudcrate Stutes, are. or- 
dered to report tbemselvcR, on or before the first day of Octobi-r next, to the' nearest 
Provost Marshal, with a descriptive list of all their property and rig'hts of propevty, 
both real, personal and mixed, made out and signed by themselves respectivoly, 
with the same particularity as for taxation. They shall also report their place of 
residence by number, street, or other proper description, apd their occupation, wWch 
registry shall be signed by themselves, and each snail receive a certificate from the 
Marshal of Registration as claiming to be an enemy of the United States. 

Any person, of those described in this order, neglecting so to register themaeLves,- . 
shall be subject to fine, or imprisonment at hard labor, or both, and all his or her 
property confiscated by order as punishment for such neglect. 

On the first day of October next, every householder shall return, to. the provdst 
Marshal nearest him, a list of each inmate of his or her ho\is?, of the a^e of eighteen. ' 
years or upwards, which list shall contain the following panicnlars : Ine name, sex, ^ 
age and occupation of each inmate, whether a registered alien, one who has taken • 
the oath of allegiance to the United States, a registered enemy of the United States, 
or one who has neglected to register himself or nerseflf,' either ftn alien, a loyal citi- 
zen, or a registered enemy. All householders neglecting to make such returns, or 
making a false reftirn, shall be punished by fine, or imprisonment with hard labor, 
or both. 1 ■ • :■■ ' ' t jM'.O 

Each policeman will, within his bent, be held responsible that every housohcflder 
failing to make such return, within three days from the first of Octo^ier, is reported 
to the Provost Marshal ; and five dollars for such neglect, for every day in which it 
is not reported, will be deducted from such policeman's paj', and he shall bo dis- 
missed. And a like sum for conviction of any householder not making bis or her 
return shall be paid to the policeman rejiortiug such householder. , i 

Every person who shall, in good faith, renew his or her allegiance- tq ; t^i© >,Upitpd 
States previous to the first day of October next, and shall remain truly loyal, will be 
recommended to the President for pardon for his or her previous offenses. 

By order of . r.i.m iii.vn.ia ,.•..;;. , , MAJOR-GENERAI^ R^yj^Bgn , 

Geo. C. Strong, A. Ai>(3-.^.eiiH4f o£Staff. > .:.:• .oA 

ii 'lo t.i'jrtwHwv .m -iJlfi "i<} cTJwoq ^aiLIoiI eiiosijq IIA 
III! '^itti illf"r fi ilh.'iJuiTo ,^0 8)n«iialio ,\'t)l •^u\\u& {[.n-ini 
General Order ? SbadqvarterS DEPAUXMfeNT OF tilB OtJtFjiIlnjiM 

No. 77. 5 ,:-'..; :!■ Ntw Orleans, Oct. \, \mi. ■ i..' Ay ^^v^'d 

Every oflBcer, not a dioMfsin^' Officer of the United States Government, wlib ft^'' 
collected public funds in this Department, will make an immediate return of all col-" 
lections and disbursements previous to this date. This return will bemadeto/Dayid ' 
C. G. Field, Financial Cletk, at theisaHeadqTiart^sVandiiUbalances'wiH bie.i^rnBd/ 
over to him. ' ^^- " ':- : ■.■ - i: .;• ,:^ v :',7,i .;..:a: :,:..;,. i.) ■<;„.) 

By command of MAJOlfGENE^AOIi feliJTLBRl-'";^ 

;^E0. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. _ ; / ;. ,^V j ^ihiu ■..dj'\u n-siib ifi'^.'i"i ''1 

:;:?;no!'^if '>rjb oiT;on''d -M lO-nA) ftn-! (lA .b'JT.iviletb 

General Order ) • 'BtEiiiifil^iTEas Department' 61* Tifk^,'^^^^ 

No. 78. \ ,''■ ^"; '■''';^ ■ ■ Ntw OrUans, Oct. % 186^.' ' ■,',' ■' JT "^ 

Every Commander of a Regiment, Battery, or unattached Company, will at once 
make a return to these Headquarters of every man enlisted by therd in this Depai't- 
ment. This return shall be made out on a Muster-RoU, and shall give the name of 
the man, the date of enlistment, the date of Muster-in, the amount of Bouii^^and Pa^,, 
that they have "received, arid' tvljisUiam'ount is doe them in any way. ; ' !' "'-t"' ' 
By command of ' • '■- " '''''^ " ' ' • MA JOR-QENERAL< BUTLliK. 

R. 8. DAVis,Capt,«i(lA:lli'kViGfi^lV'^'" '"'^ ',. % ^ V\ " ^;^".i ■. v.o.n-.>_o^ 

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General Order i fieAl)QUARTERS Department -oP the ' 68l-P, ? 

No. 79. 5 New Orleans, Oct. 4, 1862. . . '; .0 .()|0 

In accordance with the terms of the cartel recently negociatod between the Major 
General Commanding this Department and Brig. Gen. Tilghman, of the Confederate 
Army, all prisoners of Tv-ar, regiBtered at these Headquarters for exchange, VvHl fee' ' 
sent by steamer to Baton Rouge, La., on the 8th October instant, leading ' NewKDr- 
leano at 10 o'clock, A. M., of tnat day. I .. ■ i- • ,-.c '..•■!•> i, ,.. ni i 



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Those officers, the terms of whose surrender permitted the retention of their side 
arms, will be allowed to take with them their swords only, hnt in no ciuse will per- 
mission be granted to parchase arms of any description to carry beyond the lines; 
nor will any supplies be taken, further than the apparel actually worn at the time of 
their departure. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G., Chief of Staff. 



General Order \ Headquarters Depart.ment of the Gulf, ? 

No. BO. S Netc- Orleans, Oct. 4, ]HC2. S 

No boat, of any description whatever, will hereafter be permitted to carry stores of 
any kind up the Mississippi River beyond " Camp Parapet," without special permis- 
sion from these Headquarters ; and from this office alone will passes be grauted to 
persons going outward in tliat direction. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 

Genertl Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gur.r, ) 

No. 8h I New Orleans, October Vi,18(j2. S 

All commanders of regiments, batteries and unattached companies will immedi- 
ately report to Col. J. W. Shaffer, A. Q. M., the number of discharged men they have 
to be sent home, and will liave the men ready to go North on the United States trans- 
port McClellan, whicli will leave on or about the IGth October. 

Bf command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



General Order ) Headquarters Department or the Gulf, } 

No. 82. 5 Netc Orleans, 0$t. 17, 1862. ^ 

All persons holding powers of attorney or letters of authorisation from, or who are 
merely acting for, or tenants of, or intrusted with any moneys, goods,wares, property or 
merchandise, real, personal or mixed, of any person now in the service of the so-called 
Confederate States, or any person not known by such agent, tenant, or trustee, to be a 
loyal citizen of the United States, or a bona fide neutral subject of a foreign Govern- 
ment, will retain in their own hand, until further order, all such moneys, goods, waras, 
merchandise and property, and make an accurate return of the same to David C. G. 
Field, Esq., the Financial Clerk of this Department, upon oath, on or before the first 
day of November next. Every such agent, tenant or tru.'^teo, failing to make trae 
return, or shall pay ovei^or deliver any such moneyi, goods, wares, merchandise and 

Eroperty, to or for the use, directly or indirectly, of any person not known by him to 
e a loyal citizen of the United States, without an order from these headquarters, will 
be held personally responsible for the amount so neglected to bo returned, paid over or 
delivered. All rents due or to become due by tenants of property belonging to persons 
not kno\\Ti to be loyal citizens of the United States, will be paid as they become due, 
to D. C. G. Field, Esq., Financial^Clerk of theJDepartment. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, } 

No. 83. S ■'V'ew Orleans, Oct. 20, 1862 \ 

No officer, soldier or other person, will interfere in any manner with the Telegraph 
lines in this Department without the concurrence of Lieut. J. Elliot Smith, Superin- 
tendent of Telegraphs. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Gbo. C. Strong, A. A. G«n. 



General Order ) . Headquarters Department of the Gllf, ? 

No. 84. i NexD Orleans, Oct. 21, 18G2. \ 

J . In obedience to General Orders No. 152 from the Adjutant General's. office, 'every 



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Chaplain within this Command will, on or before the first day of November next, 
make return to these Headquartefa whether he is a regularly ordained Minister of the 
Gospel of some religious denomination, and if any, wnat ? and also such testimonials 
as he may choose of his present good standing as such minister, with a statement of 
the length of time ho has been a Minister of the Gospel, when and where ordained,' and 
over what societies settled. 

2. Each commander of a regiment or corps will report in writing to these Head- 
quarters, on or before the first day of November, his opinion of the fitness of the Chap- 
lain of his command ; and, upon a request of any such commander, bis Chaplain will 
be summoned before the Commanding General, whose duty it is to inquire intio the 
fitness, efiiciency and qualification of the chaplains of hospitals and regiments; and. to 
muster out of service such chaplains as were not appointed in conformity with the act 
of Congress, approved July 17, 1862, and who have not faithfully discharged the duties 
of Chaplains dm'ing the time they have been engaged as such. s , '^i;) in-Mi-n 

3. The requirements of the statute are as follows : / f»0 cZ 

" That no person shall be appointed as a Chaplain in the United States army who is 
not a regularly ordained Minister of some religious denomination, and who does not 
present testimonials of his present good standing as such Minister, with,ft,recommenda-- 
tion for his appointment as an Army Chaplain from some authorized ecclesiastical body, 
or not less than five accredited Ministers belonging to said religious denoijiination." 
By command of MA JOR-GENERAL , ;^ljr|IiLE^y 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen., Chief of Staff. ; ,,•,,,.:■ r, [.,„ 



} Headquarters Department of the Gotip, )^ 

5 New-Orleans, Nov.l, 1862. y 



General Order, No. 85 — Omitted. 

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Gfeneral Order ) Headquarters Department of the Gulf. ) 

No. 86. 5 New-Orleans, October 31, 1862. I 

Every officer not a Disbursing Officer of the United States Government, who has 
collected public funds in this Department, will make a monthly return within the 
first five days of each month, of all collections and disbursements during the past 
month. The return will be made to David C. G. Field, Financial Clerk, at these 
Headquarters, and all balances will be turned over to him, and he will report to these 
Headquarters any officer failing to make the report in the given time. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G., Chief of Staff. s , ,r 

General Order 
No. 87. 

1. No pass to go beyond the lines of this army, in any direction, will be respectecf 
by any officer or soldier, imless it bears the personal signature of the Commanding 
General of this Department. . ' 

2. All persons of the age of sixteen years and upward, coming within the liii^si 
will be held as spies, unless they take the oath of allegiance to the United Statesi*or 
show that they are neutral aliens, and all persons whatsoever, thus coming, will irai:^e- 
diately report themielves at the office of the Provost Marshal. ',., 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLEii., 

Gio. C. Strong. A. A. Gen. , ^.i-nmn 

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General Order ) Headquarters Department of the GijlW V'-"'- 

No. 88. i New Orleans, Nov. 1, 1862. -i-'.'-i 

1. No person will be arrested as a slave, by any policeman or other pefsoh, and 
put in confinement, for safe keeping, unless the person arrested knows that sxtdh 
person is owned by a loyal citizen of the United States. .! , ., '^" 

2. The Inspector and Superintendent of Prisons is authorized fq disclia&fe^frbiii 
confinement all slaves not known to be the slaves of loyal owners. ' * ' ' 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLIii,',';'^ 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



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General Order \ Headquarters Departmekt op thb Gulp. \ 

No. 89. i New-Orleans, Nov. 3, 1862. S 

If there are any soldiers in this Department who are acquainted in any way with 
telegraphic operations, they will at once report to Lieut. Z. Elliott Smith, at his office, 
comer of St. Charles and Gravier streets. Commanding officers of regiments, bat- 
teries, and unattached companies will examine the men of their commands, and send 
those that they think will ba useful to Lieut. Smith. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

R. S. Davis, Capt and A. A. A. Gea. 

General Order \ Headquarters Department of the Gulf, \ 

No. 90. S New Orleans, Nov. 6, 1862. S 

(Copy.) 
"Headquarters, Department No. 1, Confederate States of America, } 
New- Orleans, La., March 20, 1862 ^ 

Xn. All process from any Court of Law or Equity, in the Parishes of Orleans 
and Jeflferson, for the ejection of the families of soldiers now in the service of the 
Government, either on land or water, for rent past due, is hereby suspended, and no 
such collections shall be forced until further orders. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL LOVELL. 

(Signed) J. G. Picket, A. A. Gen." 

The above extract from orders of the rebel General Lovell is accepted and ordered , 
as referring to the families of soldiers and sailors now in the service of the United 
States. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo, C. Strong, A. A. Gen. 



General Order ? Headquarters Department of the Gulf, ? 

No. 91. I New-Orleans, Nov. 0, 1862. S 

The Commanding General being informed, and believing, that the District west of 
the Mississippi River, lately taken possession of by the United States troops, is most 
largely occupied by persons disloyal to the United States, and whose property has be- 
come liable to confiscation under the Acts of Congress and the Proclamation of the 
President, and that sales and transfers of said property are being made for the purpose 
of depriving the Government of the same, has determined, in order to secure the rights 
of all persons as well as those of the Government, and for the purpose of enabling the 
crops now growing to be taken care of and secured , and the unemployed laborers to 
be set at work and provision made for payment of their labor — 

To order, as follows : 

1. That all the property within the District to be known as the "District of La- 
fourche," bo, and hereby is, sequestered, and all sales or transfers thereof are forbidden 
and will be held invalid. 

2. The District of Lafourche will comprise all the territory in the State of Louisi- 
ana, lyinjf west of the Missisippi River, except the Parishes of Plaquemine and Jef- 
ferson. 

3. That Major Joseph M. Bell, Provost Judge, President ; Lieut. Col. J. B. Kins- 
man, A. D. C, Capt. Fuller, (75th N. Y. Vols.,) Provost Marshal of the District, be a 
Commission to take possession of the property in said District, to make an accurate 
inventory of the same, and to gather up and collect all such personal property, and turn 
over to the proper officers, upon their receipts, such of said property as may be re- 
quired for the use of the United States Army; to collect together all the other personal 
property, and bring the same to New Orleans, and cause it to be sold at public auction 
to the highest bidders ; and, after deducting the necessary expenses — of care, collec- 
tion and transportation — to hold the proceeds thereof subject to the just claims of loyal 
citizens and those neutral foreigners who in good faith shall appear to be the owners of 
the same. 



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4. Every loyal citizen or neutral foreigner who shall be found in actual postessJon 
and ownership of any property in said District, not having acquired the same by any 
title since tlie 18th day of September last, may have his property returned or delivered 
to him without sale, upon establisliing his condition to the judgment of the Commis- 
sion. 

5. All sales made by any person not a loyal citizen or foreign neutral, since the 
18th day of September, shall be held void, and all sales whatever, made with the in- 
tent to deprive the Government of its rights of confiscation, will be held void, at what 
time soever made. 

6. The Commission is authorized to employ in working the plantation of any 
person who has remained quietly at his home, whether he be loyal or di.sloyal, the negroes 
who may be found in said district, or who have, or may hereafter, claim the protec- 
tion of the United States, upon the terms set forth in a memorandum of a contract 
heretofore offered to the planters of the parishes of Plaquemines and St. Bernard, or 
white labor may be employed at the election of the Commission. 

7. The commissioners will cause to be purchased such supplies as may be 
necessary, and convey them to such convenient depots as to supply the planters in 
the making of the crop ; which supplies will be charged against the crop manufactured 
and shall constitute a lien thereon. 

8. The commissioners are authorized to work for account of the United States 
such plantations as are deserted by their owners, or are held by disloyal owners, as 
may seem to them expedient, for the purpose of saving the crops. 

9 Any persons who have not been actually in arms against the United States 
since the occupation of New-Orleans by its forces, and who shall remain peaceably 
upon their plantations, affording no aid or comfort to the enemies of the United 
States, and who shall return to their allegiance, and who shall, by all reasonable 
methods, aid the United States when called upon, may be empowered by the Com- 
mission to work their own plantations, to make their own crop, and to retain posses- 
sion of their own property, except such as is necessary for the military uses of the 
United States. And to all such persons the Commission are authorized to furnish 
means of transportation for their crops and supplies, at just and equitable prices. 

10. The Commissioners are empowered and authorized to hear, determine, and 
definitely report iipon all questions of the loyalty, disloyalty or neutrality of the 
various claimants of property within said District ; and further, to report such per- 
sons as in their judgment ought to be recommended by the Commanding General to 
the President for amnesty and pardon, so that they may have their property returned ; 
to the end that all persons that are loyal, may suffer as little injury as possible, and 
that all persons who have been heretofore disloyal, may have an opportunity now to 
prove their loyalty and to return to their allegiance, and save their property from 
confiscation, if such shall be the determination of the Government of the United 
States. 

By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER. 

Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G. and Chief of Staff. 

Important Order from Provost Marshal General J. H- French. 

Office Provost Marshal General of Louisiana, 
New Orleans, November, 6, 1862. 
By direction of the Commanding General, notice is hereby given to all proprietors 
within this Department of distilleries and establishments where spirituous or intoxicat- 
ing liquors are either manufactured or rectified, and breweries where strong beer is 
made, that they must cease manufacturing, and close their places of business on 
Saturday, 8th insi. 

JONAS H. FRENCH, 
Provost Marshal Greneral Louisiana 




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